Mizzou Space Program

See you on the 27th 😎🚀

Our propulsion research group, led by Abigail Penfield and Chris Hammon, has had a BUSY semester. We’ve tried new fuel grain geometries and motor configurations, new ingredients, and new tools. We’ve also refined our fuel grain manufacturing and static test fire procedures and ensured our processes are repeatable, efficient, reliable and safe.

We accomplished our primary goal of designing a motor that produces higher initial and average thrust than the one we used at the 2023 Spaceport America Cup (SAC) but know we can do even better.

In the pursuit of a spectacular motor for a future SAC, we’ve created 7 recipes and have made more than 72 lbs of fuel.🤯 We tested an M2198 motor, an M2131 motor and a L832 motor, and we have one 98mm and five 75mm motors ready to be tested next semester.

In the spring, we plan to decide on the best recipe and start the process of characterizing the propellant and scaling up to an appropriate motor configuration.

As we soak up the last day of summer, we want to show where our members have been!☀️🍉😎