A student from Victoria University in Wellington, is still waiting to be accepted to go to Mars and he might be the first human to set foot there. About 200,000 people were competing to be part of the 2015 mission to Mars.
Only 1058 people remain in the selection process. This is a one way mission because none of the astronauts will ever return to earth.
For the boy that might be going to Mars it must be hard to just leave your friends, families and home. It will take about 18 months to fly to Mars.