Alabama Rocketry Association

Alabama Rocketry is a student-led program with the goal of taking The University of Alabama to the forefront of collegiate rocketry. In pursuit of this mission, students learn industry skills while pushing boundaries in advanced research. Alabama Rocketry ignites a passion for space in the community, and provides University of Alabama students the opportunity to network on an interdisciplinary team. Alabama Rocketry fields three design teams each year: Phobos, Deimos, and ARES. Phobos is composed of less-experienced members who design and build rockets in teams to reach 10,000 feet. Our solids team, Deimos, historically has launched at the IREC Spaceport America Cup, with several launches in the 30,000 ft Student-Researched-and-Developed (SRAD) Solids category. ARES, our liquids team, is relatively new, with initial research beginning in 2017. In 2018, the liquids team became a part of the Base 11 Space Challenge, a competition awarding $1 million to the first university team to launch a single-stage, liquid-fueled rocket to 100 km. Alabama Rocketry has grown in size every year of its existence. In 2015, the organization’s first year, the program consisted of 9 students and has since grown to 49 members across its design teams. In addition, members hail from almost all engineering majors and backgrounds.