Rochester, N.Y. — A group of students from Central New York honored the legacy of their school’s namesake Monday while learning to become the next generation of explorers and innovators.
28 students from Jarvis Middle School in Mohawk took part in a daring space mission to Mars at the Challenger Learning Center of Greater Rochester, located inside the Kodak Center on West Ridge Road.
The group won the experience through an essay contest with their school, which is named after Gregory Jarvis, who was killed in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion…