Icarus Rocketry was founded in the Summer of 2013 by a team of committed Gradute and Undergraduate students at Arizona State University. Sharing the common bond of a love for space and rocketry, annealed by the desire for a true high power rocketry, and emboldened by truly lofty goals the students set out to on a path of pitfalls, exploration, and discovery.

 

At Icarus Rocketry, we have a number of short- and long-term goals. As a HPR team, we seek to compete in high power rocketry competitions such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration University Student Launch Initiative, and the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association's Intercollegiate Rockety Engineering Competition. We also hope to engage high school students, share our passion for science and engineering, and empower the next generation of rocket scientists.

 

However, our long-term goals were the driving force behind our creation. We have a series of milestones which include being the first student-only team to meet the goals of the Carmack Prize (launch to 100,000' AGL), and a rocket flight (literally) to the edge of space - the von Karmen line or 100km. In doing so, we hope to establish low-cost, reliable launch platforms with which to support potential high schooll and university reseach in low-gravity environments.