Nazareth Rocketry Program Training Tomorrow s Aerospace Leaders! e-magazine

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1 Nazareth Rocketry Program Training Tomorrow s Aerospace Leaders! e-magazine

2 High resolution LRO photo of Earth rising over the Moon in December, The photo evokes memories of the famous Blue Marble photo (bottom right) taken by the Apollo 17 astronauts on December 8, 1972 on their journey towards the Moon. (Photo credit: NASA.)

3 Veterans of this endeavor, in their three years into the hobby, they ve already distinguished themselves as real rocket scientists. Meet NASA s stars of tomorrow. Newcomers to TARC, Stardust is committed to achieving excellence on the rocket field. With their practice runs complete, it s now time to take aim at winning a spot in TARC Rocketeer Interviews Our rocket girls offer candid interviews about rocketry, teamwork, and leadership. Not quite the entire 50 million miles to Mars, but check out this exclusive feature of the Soaring Pandas testing genuine Mars VR equipment designed by NASA!

4 Future leaders (left to right) Gianna Brock 21 Korianna Rosenthal 21 Mackenzie Kephart 20 Ciara Dubeck 21 Fiona Buck 21 Nothing short of extraordinary. At TARC 2017, the Soaring Panda s won 6 th Place overall, as well as three other contest awards.

5 Korianna Rosenthal 21, Captain of the Soaring Panda team, successfully launches her rocket to an altitude of 807 feet. Rosenthal has led TARC teams since Soaring Panda s Prototype D rocket launches skyward during field trials at Rowan University s Technology Park, Williamstown, New Jersey.

6 Korianna, Fiona, and Annalise climb the launch steps next to their launcher, pausing for a brief candid camera moment. All systems are a GO! Something has their attention

7 Meet Team Stardust: another Nazareth Academy contender for the Team America Rocketry Challenge in Consisting of Katherine Braun 19, Julia Davis 19, Helen Dotchel 19, and Ruby Malek 19, these rocket girls have learned the rocket basics quickly and now stand poised to begin their qualification flights in March. Stardust has done an excellent job preparing their rocket fleet and now stand fully ready to begin their TARC qualification flights in March. Best of luck! Katherine, Julia, Ruby, and Helen at Rowan University Technology Park. It was cold that day but nothing stopped our rocket girls!

8 Stardust work intently on constructing their TARC rockets. Helen and Katherine discuss rocket nomenclature. The team after completing their initial training with payloader rockets.

9 The Soaring Pandas sat down and gave candid interviews about what they think of the Team America Rocketry Challenge and their experience being on a true, rocket engineering team. Rocketry means so much more to me than it did before. Before it was just a word that I associated with the big stuff at NASA and a lot of big ideas that were just too far away from me. Now it s associated with feelings of pride and joy about everything that I have accomplished with my team, and about everything that I have done with the Team America Rocketry Challenge. Being a TARC team Captain has allowed me to develop a lot of leadership skills. Being a leader requires a lot of confidence in not only yourself, but also in your team. You need to show your team that you re always going to be there for them that you re going to be a role model and provide direction. The reason I joined the Team America Rocketry Challenge is because I love learning new things. And it s not everyday that you get to learn something like rocketry. With this program, I have really been able to enhance my knowledge of science and mathematics. I started rocketry when I was in 6 th grade. I ve gotten a lot of people into it, including my younger brother, who now wants to do something like become a rocket engineer.

10 Last summer, the Soaring Pandas were invited to try out official NASA Mars VR equipment at the NASTAR Center in Southampton, PA. As they maneuvered around the ISS, built VR labs on Mars, and worked Mission Control, observers of this dynamic rocket team noted how the experience is probably a foreshadowing of what they ll actually be doing in the 2030s. When it was over, engineers running the VR operation commented on how dedicated our Soaring Pandas are to STEM science. They certainly left their impressive mark on Mars

11 Above: Gianna prepares to fix the Curiosity rover while Fiona and Annalise (right) issue instructions from Mission Control. The Mars VR simulation requires the girls to build a base on Mars and perform tasks that on Earth would be very routine, but on Mars, much more difficult to accomplish.

12 Left: Korianna makes virtual repairs and conducts tasks outside of model of the ISS. The girls experienced the difficulties of working in a simulated vacuum, complete with the restrictions of a pressurized space suit. Bottom Left: Annalise removes scientific equipment and moves tools into place for her simulated ISS experience. Afterward, the girls expressed a true appreciation for the complexities involved with working in outer space.

13 Results of our field testing for the Team America Rocketry Challenge! Preparing for TARC 2019! Teaching others about rocketry! Thanks for reading! Produced by The Soaring Panda Rocket Team