Create a Mars Community

Imagine Mars:
A national arts, science and technology initiative that challenges young people to imagine and design a livable Mars community of the future.

Mars Exploration Student Data Teams:
Through the Mars Exploration Student Data Team, teachers and students work from their schools to help study and characterize different aspects of Mars -- from the atmosphere to the surface -- to help support the landed Mars Exploration Rover mission.

Homework Help

Are you doing a report or school project? For quick facts on Mars and Mars in pop culture, go to All About Mars.

Talk to Scientists

Visit NASA Quest to participate in webcasts and classroom challenges with real NASA scientists.

Build or Color a Mars Spacecraft

Assemble your own paper models of:

Mars Pathfinder

Mars Global Surveyor (PDF, 6 KB)

2001 Mars Odyssey (PDF, 771 KB)

Phoenix Mars Lander

Curiosity rover coloring sheet (PDF, 397 KB)

No Telescope Required

View Hi Res Mars images on the NASA Planetary Photojournal.