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Contents 02 10 18 28 32 40 CURIOSITY With the primary mission goal now accomplished, Curiosity gears up for more science. ASTRONOMER There’s a lot more to being an astronomer than simply staring through a telescope. SPACEX Once again, SpaceX has made a delivery to the ISS, and returned samples back. ASTRONAUT Ed Gibson reflects on his time as part of the last crew of America’s first space station. SKYLAB The successful repair of Skylab proved astronauts could work in space, which led to the ISS. RESCUE WING The 920th Rescue Wing clears the skies and seas before any rocket is launched in Florida. Also Inside: Opportunity At Work . . . 04 Rover Infographic . . . . . 06 Design Challenge . . . . . 08 Buying Telescopes . . . . . 14 Orion The Hunter . . . . . . 16 ISS At A Glance . . . . . . . 22 ISS Science Social . . . . . 24 Yuri’s Night . . . . . . . . . . . 46 First Man In Space . . . . . 48 Teach Briefs . . . . . . . . . . 50 Public Safety Spinoffs . . 52 Word Search . . . . . . . . . 54 Space Briefs . . . . . . . . . . 55 Space Toilets . . . . . . . . . . 55 Antares First Flight . . . . . . 55 Black Hole Spin . . . . . . . . 56 Europa’s Ocean . . . . . . . 58 Planck Mission . . . . . . . . . 59 Kepler Results . . . . . . . . . 60 Museum Spotlight . . . . . 62 This is the second issue of RocketSTEM magazine, which will be published monthly beginning in August. The third issue will be released in mid to late June of this year. Editorial Staff Managing Editor: Chase Clark • Photo Editor: J.L. Pickering • Astronomy Editor: Mike Barrett Staff, Contributors & Advisors Tim Breitbach • Brenden Clark • Ben Evans • Anthony Fitch • Kaelan Jungmeyer • Mike Killian Ken Kremer • Kim Orr • Robert Pearlman • David Parmet • Brice Russ • Nicole Solomon Amy Shira Teitel • Sherry Valare • Kris Amundson • Scott Ashkenaz • Morten Arstad • Scott Beale Ethan Hurdus • Braden Kowitz • Julian Leek • Walter Scriptunas II • Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides Michael Wright • Rádio Zero • Tony Achilles • Catherine Baker • Emily Carney • Montserrat Cordero Sarah Cruddas • Mike Deep • Livia Ferreira • Brandon Fibbs • Kate Arkless Gray • Andy Green Vicki Johnson • Gene Mikulka • Andrea Newson • Julie Aderhold-Roach • Janelle Harrier Wilson RocketSTEM Media Foundation’s Board of Directors Chase Clark • Tim Brown • Brenden Clark This digital publication is available for free download as a PDF file. www.rocketstem.org RocketSTEM • April 2013 Vol. 1 No. 2 (ISSN: 2326-0661) © 2013 Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) RocketSTEM Media Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 304409 Pensacola, Florida 32507 [email protected] 01 01