RocketSTEM Media Foundation

Our main goal is to inspire the next generation of explorers, whether they be scientists, engineers, or astronauts. We aim to foster an increase in STEM studies by middle school and high school students in the hopes of increasing science literacy in future generations. We also hope to develop a full set of lesson plans for each grade level that teachers can utilize in their classrooms during Word Space Week each year. Through our worldwide reach, we also hope to encourage international cooperation in space exploration.

Publication and free distribution of RocketSTEM magazine has been our primary outlet for reaching our intended audience to date. At present, we are developing partnerships with other organizations that will allow us to extend the RocketSTEM brand into other related programs, such as the Reach for the Stars National Rocket Competition. We will continue to publish the magazine, while also developing audio and video concepts to complement the magazine and its content.

We have more than 30 volunteers, mostly from the United States, along with England, Australia and India. Our volunteers have backgrounds in journalism, education, graphic design, photography, IT administration, radio and television production.

We have published 14 issues of the magazine to date, but would like to be able to ramp up the production schedule to at least six issues per year. We'd like to establish scholarship funds for Space Camp and the National Flight Academy. We'd like to develop an audio podcasts and a video program to complement the magazine. We are in the midst of developing our first partnerships with related organizations, but would like to extend that further to entities such as NASA, ESA, ISRO and the Challenger Centers.