MSU Space Cowboys Need Your Help!
The Space
Cowboys at MSU are an internationally competitive, high-powered rocketry team
that designs, builds, and launches at the world's largest collegiate rocketry
competition. This year’s
rocket, Helios, will compete in the 30k COTS Solid category at the 2025
International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC). Helios will feature many
exciting technologies, like a brand-new airbrake system that will precisely
control the apogee target for our rocket. This technology and many more will
elevate us to the next level and allow us to be highly competitive in our
respective category.
The Space
Cowboys are also manufacturing and testing a new Student-Researched and
Developed (SRAD) hybrid engine for future competitions. This engine burns
nitrous oxide as the oxidizer and paraffin wax as the fuel. It will burn for
about 10 seconds and produce around 1,000 pounds of thrust.
Why Your Support Matters
By funding the airbrake system, donors will make this year’s rocket, Helios, much more competitive by allowing it to stop at exactly our intended altitude—a key competition requirement. Money to support our team also feeds our ongoing hybrid engine development program, enabling our students to gain valuable experience with more complex propulsion systems, and eventually allowing us to compete in a separate, even more challenging category at our yearly competitions. With your gift, we will work hard to ensure that your contribution elevates the Space Cowboys as a team and the world’s future engineers.
For More Information, Please Contact:
Kylan Anderson
kta79@msstate.edu