EST. 2018 · BUILDING A HISTORY
Every year Duke AERO designs, builds, and flies a fully student-researched-and-developed rocket. These are the vehicles that got us here.

2025–2026
Our largest and most advanced rocket yet, third place in the 30,000-foot SRAD propulsion category at IREC 2026.

2024–2025
Our first 30,000-foot competition rocket powered by a solid SRAD motor.

2023–2024
Our first competition rocket with a solid SRAD motor, winner of the Jim Furfaro Award for Technical Excellence.

2022–2023
A leap in technical capability: first SRAD flight computer, airbrakes, and a deployable CubeSat.

2021–2022
Exploding back to life, our return to the Spaceport America Cup 30k COTS challenge.

2020–2021
A two-stage rocket designed, built, and flown through a year of COVID-19 restrictions.

2019–2020
Shooting to score at 30,000 feet, our largest, most powerful vehicle to date.

2018–2019
Building a history, the rocket that shattered our small low-power streak.