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Space Raiders

Space Raiders is the rocketry subgroup of Texas Tech University’s Raider Aerospace Society. The 2026 Texas Tech Engineering report describes 25 students designing, manufacturing, testing, and flying a 10,000-foot student-researched-and-developed rocket for the International Rocket Engineering Competition; the team placed first at IREC 2026, with a 10,004-foot flight and perfect recovery score.

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High-powered rocketry, SRAD rocket design, aerostructures, recovery, propulsion, payloads, avionics, and airbrakes
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Space Raiders
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Space Raiders is the rocketry subgroup of Texas Tech University’s Raider Aerospace Society. The 2026 Texas Tech Engineering report describes 25 students designing, manufacturing, testing, and flying a 10,000-foot student-researched-and-developed rocket for the International Rocket Engineering Competition; the team placed first at IREC 2026, with a 10,004-foot flight and perfect recovery score.
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August 20, 2026 at 13:20:32 UTC
Updated Time
August 20, 2026 at 13:20:32 UTC