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OVERVIEW

We want to propulsively land a rocket. And we want to do it fast.

To land a rocket propulsively you need:

  • Controls know how (ASTRA)
  • A deep throttling engine (TADPOLE)
  • And a rocket to land! (TOAD)

We demonstrated our competitive ability with TADPOLE by winning a $15k Throttling Prize, now we’re moving on to TOAD.

Projects
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Team Leads

Atharv Bhatter

Project Manager

Adam Grendys

Chief Engineer

Subteam Leads

Xander Beal

Avionics Lead

Otto Rahmel

Business Lead

Jacob Metcalf

Fluids Lead

Ishan Goel

GNC Lead

Robert Nies

GNC Lead

Nickolas Koe

Manufacturing Lead

Christian Herron

Propulsion Lead

Benjamin Louie

Structures Lead

SPONSORS
Aqua Environment

Aqua Environment

January 19, 2026

SFAB

SFAB

January 19, 2026

Ultra Motion

Ultra Motion

September 25, 2025

Relativity Space

Relativity Space

September 25, 2025

Elementum 3D

Elementum 3D

September 25, 2025

Allied Machine and Engineering

Allied Machine and Engineering

September 25, 2025

Speedy Metals

Speedy Metals

September 25, 2025

Varda Space Industries

Varda Space Industries

September 25, 2025

L3Harris Technologies

L3Harris Technologies

May 8, 2023

Altium

Altium

September 5, 2022

Purdue Engineering Presidents’ Council

Purdue Engineering Presidents’ Council

February 6, 2022

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company

March 17, 2021

PESC

PESC

February 8, 2021

Celestron

Celestron

May 17, 2020

Purdue Propulsion

Purdue Propulsion

February 29, 2020

Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

February 29, 2020

INSpace, LLC

INSpace, LLC

February 29, 2020

Sponsorship

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Learn more about how you can partner with us in our sponsorship information packet.

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