Northwest Indian College Space Center

04/27/2025

Northwest Indian College & University of Washington! 🚀

04/26/2025

Team Thunderbirds had a successful launch and recovery! 🚀
We will be celebrating with everyone at the banquet this evening 🫶🏽

04/26/2025

Launch Day 🚀
Preparing to launch!

04/26/2025

Team Thunderbirds had a successful presentation 👍🏽
It was an amazing experience to witness all the teams supporting & encouraging each other tonight 🖤
We can’t wait to launch in the AM! 🚀

04/25/2025

First Nations Launch Day 1 🚀
Students Orenda, Colby, and Jacen have been attending breakout sessions, completing inspections and will be presenting later tonight.
We are so excited for launch day tomorrow!

04/18/2025

03/26/2025

Colby (Lummi Nation) a 7th generation fisherman backed with inherent knowledge.
In this photo he was explaining the process of tying the rocket parachute in comparison of fishing knots with the commonality of the functions they both possess. During this process we were able to draw conclusions to Team Thunderbirds project on why we must use materials such as nylon or Kevlar being they have properties that can affect knot performance.
Colby explains how in rocketry space is limited, that’s why knots need to be tight Fishing knots and Rocket knots undergo about the same force and resistance, but fishing knots prioritize consistent tension and rocket knots focus on high impact shock loads.

03/08/2024

Huge milestone for Rocket Team Stoodis today as we successfully completed a test launch! This is a major step forward in our journey, and we're incredibly proud of the dedication and hard work the entire team has put in to get us here.

While not everyone could be there for the launch due to scheduling conflicts, we want to acknowledge all of our amazing Stoodis members who are essential to our success. We miss you all, and your contributions are deeply valued!

Stay tuned for more exciting updates from Stoodis!

01/26/2024

On Thursdays we build rockets 🚀✌🏽

11/16/2023

The University of Washington AISES rocketry team and the Northwest Indian College team have been awarded a $4,000 Reimbursement Award for rocket supplies and travel to and from the First Nations Launch Competition-Mars Challenge for the period of October 27, 2023 – May 13, 2024. The award selection process is highly competitive and engages a national pool of applicants; their success in this competition is a significant achievement!🎉 Northwest Indian College Space Center

10/05/2023

Come learn about the Northwest Indian College Space Center Wed. Oct. 11 at noon at the Lummi Campus - Building 8, C2. We work on engineering projects like 3-D printing, laser cutting and building robots, RC cars and rockets. We also travel for rocket competitions! For questions or to learn more, contact club advisor Lisa Redsteer at [email protected]