RocketSTEM Issue #3 - October 2013 | Page 7

LADEE on mission to study Moon’s thin atmosphere NASA’s LADEE observatory launches aboard the Minotaur V rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at the Wallops Flight Facility, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, in Virginia.  Image: NASA/Carla Cioffi 05 www.RocketSTEM.org 05