{"id":13118,"date":"2016-08-31T13:40:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T17:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13118"},"modified":"2016-08-31T13:40:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T17:40:50","slug":"rocketstem-magazine-sept-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13118","title":{"rendered":"RocketSTEM Magazine &#8211; Sept.2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/\" target=\"_d\">RocketSTEM <\/a>magazine\u00a0is now available online:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/magazine\/issue_13_september_2016\/\" target=\"_d\">Issue #13 \u2022\u00a0September 2016 &#8211; RocketSTEM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RocketSTEM-sept-2016-front-cover1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13119\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=13119\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RocketSTEM-sept-2016-front-cover1.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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RocketSTEM-sept-2016-front-cover[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RocketSTEM-sept-2016-front-cover1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13119\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RocketSTEM-sept-2016-front-cover1.jpg\" alt=\"RocketSTEM-sept-2016-front-cover[1]\" width=\"386\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RocketSTEM-sept-2016-front-cover1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RocketSTEM-sept-2016-front-cover1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Articles include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/2016\/08\/26\/mining-the-sky-of-asteroids\/\">Mining the sky<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0A race is underway to profit from mining asteroids for water and resources.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/2016\/08\/22\/osiris-rex-bringing-home-piece-of-asteroid\/\">Destination: Bennu<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Spacecraft to retrieve a piece of an asteroid for analysis on Earth.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/2016\/07\/18\/your-ticket-to-space-awaits-at-kscvc\/\">Ticket to space<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The KSC Visitor Complex lets people get up close to real space hardware.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/2016\/08\/18\/juno-unlocking-jupiters-secrets\/\">Jupiter\u2019s mysteries<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Juno has arrived and begun its scientific analysis of the solar system\u2019s largest planet.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/2016\/08\/08\/looking-for-life-on-the-moon-europa\/\">Mission to Europa<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0If life exists in our solar system beyond Earth, then the best place to find it may be here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketstem.org\/2016\/08\/29\/glittering-prizes-within-pluto-data\/\">Revealing Pluto<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Discoveries abound even as New Horizons continues to send back data from Pluto.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The magazine is<\/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, and\u00a0educational resources; along with explanations of the mathematics and physics of all things to do with aerospace and space travel.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest issue of RocketSTEM magazine\u00a0is now available online:\u00a0Issue #13 \u2022\u00a0September 2016 &#8211; RocketSTEM Articles include: Mining the sky\u00a0\u2013\u00a0A race is underway to profit from mining asteroids for water and resources. Destination: Bennu\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Spacecraft to retrieve a piece of an asteroid for analysis on Earth. Ticket to space\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The KSC Visitor Complex lets people get up close &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13118\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RocketSTEM Magazine &#8211; Sept.2016<\/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":[3,22,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-education","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3pA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6730,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6730","url_meta":{"origin":13118,"position":0},"title":"RocketSTEM Magazine + New Planet Pictures","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Chase points me to the\u00a0RocketSTEM\u00a0website, which is dedicated to Inspiring the next generation of explorers. Their non-profit was created to foster \"science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, as well as promoting the benefits of space exploration\". Check out also the latest issue of their magazine:\u00a0Issue #5 \u2022 January 2014\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":257,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=257","url_meta":{"origin":13118,"position":1},"title":"RocketSTEM releases free magazine for young people and educators","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is an announcement of a new magazine oriented towards young people with the goal of encouraging them to purse studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). I must note, though, that this issue is totally focused on NASA and is devoid of any acknowledgement of any space activities\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10473,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10473","url_meta":{"origin":13118,"position":2},"title":"RocketSTEM magazine April issue dedicated to Hubble Space Telescope","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I'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,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"612x792xRocketSTEM-april-2015-front-cover.jpg.pagespeed.ic.itxiR8xqXL[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/612x792xRocketSTEM-april-2015-front-cover.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.itxiR8xqXL1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13944,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13944","url_meta":{"origin":13118,"position":3},"title":"RocketSTEM Magazine &#8211; March 2017","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest issue of the RocketSTEM magazine is now available: \u00a0Issue #14 \u2022 March 2017 - RocketSTEM\u00a0- We\u2019re launching another issue of RocketSTEM to celebrate the start of our organization\u2019s fifth year. While half a decade has been quite a journey for us, it is nothing compared to the 50-plus-year\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/RocketSTEM-march-2017-front-cover_386x500.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10920,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10920","url_meta":{"origin":13118,"position":4},"title":"RocketSTEM Magazine &#8211; July 2015: &#8220;Kerbal, New Horizons, Al Worden, Lunar Rover &#038; More&#8221;","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out the latest issue of RocketSTEM's magazine:\u00a0Issue #12 \u2022\u00a0July 2015 - RocketSTEM 68 pages of inspiration await! Kerbal, New Horizons, Al Worden, Lunar Rover & More Space\u00a0is hard.\u00a0The past nine months have been difficult ones for rocketry. 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