Join us in this special supersize issue of RocketSTEM as we celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon
landing. We’ve got you covered with an expansive pictorial featuring many of the lesser known photos from the
historic mission, as well as a number of anecdotes from those who were involved in the massive undertaking.
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin shares his thoughts on the Moon landing and the events leading up to the mission, as well as
his hopes to colonize Mars in the coming decades. We also speak to Jack King, the man known the world over as
‘The Voice of Apollo.’ We travel to Morehead Planetarium and learn how the early astronauts would travel there
to learn to navigate by the stars. We take you behind the scenes of the Apollo space program and meet some of
the unsung heroes of the race to the Moon.
But this issue is not all about Apollo. We bring you stories about the Morpheus test lander, the Google Lunar X Prize
and one college team hoping to win the $20 million prize. We give you advice on observing and photographing
the Earth’s nearest neighbor, the Moon. We go high up on the slopes of a Hawaiian volcano to discover a group of
adventurers who are simulating a four-month stay on the Red Planet. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden updates
us on the future of America’s space program, and we check out the latest progress on commercial crew efforts
by Boeing and SpaceX.
We’ve been asked about purchasing printed copies of this magazine in the past, and we are happy to
announce that a limited number of high-quality printed copies are available for this issue. If interested, please
visit www.rocketstem.org/purchase
should we begin offering an annual print subscription in the coming months.
Since founding RocketSTEM in late 2012, we’ve stated that each issue of the magazine will be FREE to read
funding such a publication is not costly. Getting material from RocketSTEM used in classrooms is a top priority,
therefore we have never sold advertising space in the magazine, as some schools would frown upon doing so. If
you would like to help us continue our mission, please consider making a donation to RocketSTEM via our website
at www.rocketstem.org/donate. Donations can be made online via PayPal to [email protected], or can
be mailed to: RocketSTEM Media Foundation, P.O. Box 34409, Pensacola, FL 32507. Thank you for your support.
We hope you enjoy this magazine, and will continue to be inquisitive about the universe we all inhabit.
Chase Clark, Managing Editor