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Spirit of Space Not many undergraduate students have the chance to design, build and test their own rockets. But thanks to Embry-Riddle’s Propulsion Laboratory & Rocket Test Complex, supported in part by philanthropy and often better known as the Rocket Development Lab (RDL), close to 250 students are now actively working on rocketry projects at the Prescott Campus. The latest major endeavor involves the “Mountain Spirit” program, which was divided into two blocks, each of which focused on the design, development and testing of a rocket. Block one focused on Altair, which laid the groundwork for block two: Deneb.
After more than a year of hard work and dedication, Deneb launched on April 16th, 2023. The rocket reached an altitude of 47,732 feet, setting multiple records, including the highest under- graduate and collegiate amateur liquid rocket launch in the United States. It more than doubled the previous record of 22,000 feet. “The Mountain Spirit program involves a core group of about 25 students and taps into the talents of nearly 100 others to help develop adjacent technologies that will support the mission,” said Dr. Elliott Bryner, department chair and associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, and director of the Propulsion Laboratory and Rocket Test Complex. Students continue to utilize the cutting-edge RDL complex, which features three rocket test cells, a reinforced control room and its latest addition, Test Cell 3, which uses an enclosed liquid rocket test facility capable of handling rockets using cryogenic propellants.
Embry-Riddle engineering students successfully fired the Prescott Campus’ first liquid rocket engine inside a brand-new test facility.
Access to these types of high-end equipment and direct, hands-on experience with rockets and space vehicles are among the key factors that set Embry-Riddle students apart and have led many of them to internships and careers at companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic.
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