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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.
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Pensacola, Florida 32507
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