Boston University Rocket Propulsion Group

Thank you to for providing BURPG with a Saturn 4 Ultra SLA 3D Printer and the Mercury X Bundle. This printer will be used to print engine nozzles for the Hybrid Intro Project which is open to all members of the BU community regardless of experience or major.

With 20 members at 15 different companies, we are proud to share the incredible internships our team members earned over the summer! We can’t wait to return to the lab and continue our test campaign.
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If you’re interested in rocketry or developing your skills as an engineer, use the form in our bio to sign up!

Yesterday afternoon, BURPG conducted a 1 second hotfire test—the first by the team in several years, and the first ever on the Horizontal Test Stand. Initial data review indicates that all performance targets were met.

This qualification test article will undergo several additional tests. After that, an identical flight article will undergo a brief acceptance test campaign.

January 2023 Cold Flows: Over the last several weeks, BURPG has conducted a number of additional fuel and ox cold flow tests. The team has reviewed the data, closed out all open items, and intends to step into hot fire attempts in the near future.

BURPG is partnering with BU Spark! to support their Resiliency Challenge: a nine-week virtual hackathon aimed at helping colleges and communities cope with the COVID-19 crisis.

If you want to join a hackathon team, you can learn more and sign up here: https://theresiliencychallenge.io/

If you have experienced or witnessed a problem as a student or in your community that you think could be solved through technology, consider submitting a challenge project for students to work on as part of the hackathon. You can submit projects here: tinyurl.com/resiliencyproject.

The Resiliency Challenge is open to all college students, not just from BU. We're excited to see how we can help our community through this tough time.

A couple weeks ago, two engineers from Relativity came to visit. They told us all about their company and how their trying to revolutionize commercial space. Then we got to show them around our lab and get some fantastic advice. Thanks to Bryce and Ben from Relativity for coming out (on such little sleep) to the East Coast to meet up!

Relativity goes to college -- we were with the Boston University Rocket Propulsion Group a few weeks ago -- they totally blew us away. It was absolutely impressive to see what these students are doing.

The Boston University Rocket Propulsion Group would like to extend a huge congratulations to the team and alumni of the USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory for their incredibly successful launch of their Traveler IV vehicle. We know the difficulty, long nights, and rigor that are associated with rocketry at this level. This launch was the culmination of years of design, testing, and building, and we are all inspired by knowing what is possible by a group of dedicated university students who know no limits.
We’re coming for you guys. See you at 328000 feet.
From all of BURPG, Flight On.

On we hope you will consider giving to Boston University College of Engineering to help support our efforts to train the next generation of engineers and reach space. Every donation will receive a $25 bonus, and be sure to mention BURPG in the notes on your donation!

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Check out our in-lab E-Week event "Controlled Explosions" tonight at 9pm! - https://mailchi.mp/2f5285f13275/check-out-controlled-explosions-tonight-at-9pm

Our general meeting will be moved to 9pm every Tuesday in Photonics 205. Going to be going over some great ways to get involved tomorrow. See you there!