GU Rocketry

Helios was a great success, hopefully the first of many within our propulsion team's new endeavours! We see this as a massive accomplishment on our part, which could only be achieved thanks to our wonderful partnerships such as the one we have with thyssenkrupp Materials UK Ltd. As we continue to push the envelope at GUR, such connections are vital, and we will continue to build a stronger partnership with you as we progress. 🚀

🚨 IT'S AWARDS NIGHT 🔥 As we wrap up this academic year, we celebrated a special group of extraordinary members with an awards night at our last full-team meeting! 🎉 Officially endorsed by our sponsors, each award recognises all the hard work and efforts of these outstanding individuals, who truly thought big, and went beyond. 😉 It's not over for this year though... We're all looking forward to summer, where we'll be building and flying rockets throughout the season - stay tuned! 🚀 #ThinkBigGoBeyond

⚠️ANNOUNCING PRIZE WINNERS📣 Five first-year members from our Junior Development Programme came in third place in the 2023/24 Airbus Space Competition! 🌠💫 The competition saw teams across the country design a concept for a lunar startup. The team created a system for creating landing pads and roads on the Moon's surface, including designing a lunar rover with its own base station 🌕🛰 The prize money the team won is being used to COMPLETELY FUND this year's JDP, including the materials and parts to build all of the members' personal rockets! 🚀 We'd like to thank Aidan, Alyssa, Hannah, Lewis, and Matthew for their incredibly generous donation and congratulate them on their massive win! #ThinkBigGoBeyond

Happy International Womens Day from GU Rocketry ✨🚀 Swipe to hear from some of our female members 💞 #ThinkBigGoBeyond

⚠️ OUTREACH ALERT 📢 We visited St Mungo's High School in Falkirk to deliver an exciting lesson on how to build rockets! 🧑🚀🚀 After teaching the basics of aerodynamics, each pupil designed and built their very own bottle rocket to be launched at the makeshift launch site 🏫 It was a great opportunity for us to engage and inspire the next generation - can't wait for the next one! 🎓 #ThinkBigGoBeyond

We had a fantastic time with GU FemEng where our panellists discussed the future of the space industry in Scotland, its sustainability and contribution to the wider industry, and many more insightful topics! 🚀🌠 A massive thank you to our guest speakers for their time and FemEng for hosting this event with us! #ThinkBigGoBeyond

It's chute-packin' time for the junior members in their latest practical workshop! 🪂 For each launch, there's an inevitable recovery... Our members learned how to tie shock cords and pack parachutes to give their rockets the best chance for a successful mission! #ThinkBigGoBeyond

We are so proud and excited about what this coming year will hold with our sponsorship with Skyrora! 🚀✨ #ThinkBigGoBeyond

First week of the new semester and we're straight to work! 🚀 The Junior members have nearly finished modelling their own rockets and got together in the lab to get feedback on their designs from their peers and members of our senior teams. 🖋 Soon, they'll pick their parts and start building their rockets using all the knowledge gained throughout the JDP lectures... 🎓 #ThinkBigGoBeyond #science #engineer #rocket #space

First week of the new semester and we're straight to work! 🚀 The Junior members have nearly finished modelling their own rockets and got together in the lab to get feedback on their designs from their peers and members of our senior teams. 🖋 Soon, they'll pick their parts and start building their rockets using all the knowledge gained throughout the JDP lectures... 🎓 #ThinkBigGoBeyond #science #engineering #rockets