Mission to Mars is a resource developed for high school biology, chemistry, & physics by science educators at Duke University Medical Center:

Senmiao (Mimi) Zhan, Former writer and illustrator with RISE at Duke–after graduating from Duke, she obtained her M.D. at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Elizabeth Godin, PhD—Former director of science education programs funded by NIH to RISE at Duke

Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, PhD—Professor of Pharmacology and principal investigator of science education programs funded by NIH to RISE at Duke

Steve Schoeffel—Illustrator

Mission to Mars was funded by a NASA Specialized Center of Research (NSCOR) grant to David Kirsch, M.D./Ph.D. at Duke University Medical Center