{"id":10473,"date":"2015-04-25T12:13:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T16:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10473"},"modified":"2015-04-25T12:16:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T16:16:34","slug":"rocketstem-magazine-april-issue-dedicated-to-hubble-space-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10473","title":{"rendered":"RocketSTEM magazine April issue dedicated to Hubble Space Telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve mentioned here a couple of times (see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=257\" target=\"_d\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6730\" target=\"_d\">here<\/a>)\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_d\">RocketSTEM<\/a>\u00a0non-profit organization and their\u00a0free online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\">magazine<\/a>. The magazine\u00a0is<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>geared towards teachers, students and parents as well. The publication blends space history \u2013 past, present and future \u2013 with interviews, career paths, astronomy lessons, aerospace and astronomy news, museum features, NASA technology spinoffs, puzzles, games, quizzes, lesson plans and other educational resources, along with easy-to-follow explanations of the mathematics and physics of all things to do with aerospace and space travel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 11th issue of the magazine just came out:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/magazine\/issue_11_april_2015\/\" target=\"_d\">Issue #11 \u2022\u00a0April 2015 &#8211; RocketSTEM<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>our supersize collector\u2019s issue of RocketSTEM devoted 100% to the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope observing the Universe from Earth\u2019s orbit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/612x792xRocketSTEM-april-2015-front-cover.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.itxiR8xqXL1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10474\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=10474\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/612x792xRocketSTEM-april-2015-front-cover.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.itxiR8xqXL1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"612,792\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"612x792xRocketSTEM-april-2015-front-cover.jpg.pagespeed.ic.itxiR8xqXL[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/612x792xRocketSTEM-april-2015-front-cover.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.itxiR8xqXL1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10474\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/612x792xRocketSTEM-april-2015-front-cover.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.itxiR8xqXL1.jpg\" alt=\"612x792xRocketSTEM-april-2015-front-cover.jpg.pagespeed.ic.itxiR8xqXL[1]\" width=\"350\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/612x792xRocketSTEM-april-2015-front-cover.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.itxiR8xqXL1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/612x792xRocketSTEM-april-2015-front-cover.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.itxiR8xqXL1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Table of Contents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a title=\"Hubble Space Telescope: Showing humanity the Universe for 25 years\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/2015\/04\/20\/hubble-space-telescope-has-shown-humanity-the-universe-for-25-years\/\">Showing humanity the Universe<\/a>\u00a0For 25 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has been peering outward.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Hubble\u2019s greatest discoveries\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/2015\/04\/20\/greatest-discoveries-of-hubble-space-telescope\/\">Hubble\u2019s greatest discoveries<\/a>\u00a0Ground-breaking discoveries made possible by Hubble.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Edwin P. Hubble: The man behind the name\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/2015\/04\/20\/edwin-p-hubble-the-namesake-of-the-hubble-space-telescope\/\">Edwin P. Hubble<\/a>\u00a0The man behind the name of the space telescope.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"How they do it: Processing Hubble images from B&amp;W into stunning full-color\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/2015\/04\/20\/how-astronomers-process-hubble-images-from-black-and-white-into-stunning-full-color\/\">How they do it<\/a>\u00a0Processing B&amp;W\u00a0images from Hubble into stunning full-color.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Making house calls to Hubble\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/2015\/04\/20\/first-four-servicing-missions-to-hubble-space-telescope\/\">Making house calls<\/a>\u00a0Quick glance at the first four servicing missions.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"STS-125 Mission: Last visit to Hubble\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/2015\/04\/20\/sts-125-mission-was-our-last-visit-to-hubble\/\">Last visit to Hubble<\/a>\u00a0The mission that almost never happened, STS-125.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Get updates on the release of new issues and other news by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\">signing up for\u00a0their mailing list<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve mentioned here a couple of times (see\u00a0here\u00a0and\u00a0here)\u00a0the\u00a0RocketSTEM\u00a0non-profit organization and their\u00a0free online magazine. The magazine\u00a0is geared towards teachers, students and parents as well. The publication blends space history \u2013 past, present and future \u2013 with interviews, career paths, astronomy lessons, aerospace and astronomy news, museum features, NASA technology spinoffs, puzzles, games, quizzes, lesson plans and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10473\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RocketSTEM magazine April issue dedicated to Hubble Space Telescope<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-education","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2IV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13118,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13118","url_meta":{"origin":10473,"position":0},"title":"RocketSTEM Magazine &#8211; Sept.2016","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest issue of RocketSTEM magazine\u00a0is now available online:\u00a0Issue #13 \u2022\u00a0September 2016 - RocketSTEM Articles include: Mining the sky\u00a0\u2013\u00a0A race is underway to profit from mining asteroids for water and resources. 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