{"id":13944,"date":"2017-02-20T19:30:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T00:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13944"},"modified":"2017-02-20T19:30:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T00:30:33","slug":"rocketstem-magazine-march-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13944","title":{"rendered":"RocketSTEM Magazine – March 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest issue of the RocketSTEM<\/a> magazine is now available: \u00a0Issue #14 \u2022 March 2017 – RocketSTEM<\/a>\u00a0–<\/p>\n

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 history of\u00a0Kennedy Space Center\u2019s Launch Complex 39A. From racing the Russians to the Moon during the Apollo program, through the construction of the International Space\u00a0Station during the Space Shuttle program, and now the most recent launch of the Falcon 9 rocket by SpaceX, the world-famous launch pad has quite a story to tell.\u00a0Speaking of SpaceX, the private space firm is also preparing to launch its biggest ever rocket \u2013 the Falcon\u00a0Heavy \u2013 from Pad 39A later this year. But the company\u2019s founder, Elon Musk, is already laying the groundwork for an even bigger rocket \u2013 the Interplanetary Transport System \u2013 that will allow humanity to colonize Mars and explore even further\u00a0out into the solar system. In the meantime, a fleet of orbiters and rovers from three space agencies are busy checking out\u00a0the Red Planet, while NASA\u2019s Dawn spacecraft has been been analyzing a dwarf planet named Ceres.<\/em><\/p>\n

All that \u2013 and more \u2013 in this issue of RocketSTEM magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n

And, as always, every issue remains free to read online or\u00a0download<\/a>\u00a0as a PDF.<\/em><\/p>\n

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TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exploring Mars<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Eight rovers and orbiters from three space agencies are at the Red Planet.<\/em><\/p>\n

Helo, Mars!<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Learn to compute flight data for the proposed Mars Helicopter Scout.<\/em><\/p>\n

Historic Pad 39A<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The launch pad has been America\u2019s gateway to space for five decades.<\/em><\/p>\n

Falcon Heavy<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0SpaceX is gearing up to debut its new rocket later this year.<\/em><\/p>\n

SpaceX goes bigger<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Interplanetary Transport System may open up the solar system to exploration.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dawn\u2019s harvest<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Spacecraft has been revealing secrets of Ceres, a dwarf planet.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 history of\u00a0Kennedy Space Center\u2019s Launch … Continue reading RocketSTEM Magazine – March 2017<\/span> →<\/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":[3,22,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-education","category-rocketry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3CU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10920,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10920","url_meta":{"origin":13944,"position":0},"title":"RocketSTEM Magazine – July 2015: “Kerbal, New Horizons, Al Worden, Lunar Rover & More”","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! 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