Reaching New Heights With Columbia Space Initiative
June 20, 2025
Congratulations to the Columbia Space Initiative (CSI) Rockets team on successfully launching a hybrid rocket powered by liquid oxygen! The successful launch capped off a yearlong effort by nearly 60 undergraduates to design, build, and test the rocket. The aerospace project came to fruition at the FAR-OUT competition in the Mojave Desert, where the rocket reached its target altitude for the first time in team history and achieved full recovery. “This is literally the next generation of rocket scientists,” said Mechanical Engineering Professor and Department Chair Hod Lipson. We couldn’t agree more!
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