Space Florida recently announced the names of three winning school teams in Florida for the Mars Experiment Design Competition, which will bring the nation one step closer to the Martian surface.

A spacesuit developed by students at the University of North Dakota and four other schools will be tested in the Utah desert. UND officials said researchers from the school will travel with the spacesuit to Utah during the first week in April.

A passionate teacher can make any subject come alive for students, and NASA is helping fuel that passion.

Since he was a little boy, Ben Corbin of Shalimar has dreamed of a future in space, of traveling to Mars and exploring other planets.

GILES WHITTELL joins a project in deepest Utah that simulates life for humans on the Red Planet. How are they going to get there? Well, it is rocket science. . Spacesuit? Check. At least, it looks like a spacesuit. Boots? Check. Gloves? Check. Air supply? On. Comms channel 2? Selected.