Purpose

The Longhorn Rocketry Association is a student-run organization at the University of Texas that designs, builds, and tests high-power rockets. We aim to provide hands-on experience with industry-standard design processes, and fabrication techniques, as well as testing and launch procedures.

What We Do

LRA competes in the Spaceport America Cup, with most team activities oriented towards this goal.

LRA is currently developing a hybrid engine, Taurus, for use in future Spaceport competitions.

Additionally, LRA is working on the development of multiple rockets, such as Echo, with the goal of reaching speeds never achieved by LRA. The purpose of this rocket is to lay the foundation for LRA’s eventual space-shot project.

Click the buttons below to learn more about the various projects we are working on!

 
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Officers

Paavani Rai

President

Ryan Lawler

Flight Systems Chief Engineer

Sanchit Singhal

Payload Lead

Anish Agarwal

Electronics Lead

Eliot Hilder

Propulsions Lead

Raghuvendra Chowdhry

Finance Lead

Joshua Maxwell

Vice President

Alberto Villegas

Advanced Research Chief Engineer

Anish Agarwal

Electronics & Recovery Lead

Navya Swali

Controls Lead

Andrew Cucinotta

Test & Launch Operations Lead

James Deanda

Propulsive Systems Chief Engineer

Andreas Parrilha

Flight Hardware Lead

Eric Cadar

Simulations Lead

Jeremy McWhorter

Mechanical Hardware Lead

Kailyn Bagtas

Outreach Lead

Social Media

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Reminder that we still have our hornraiser open. Please help us send our members to the Spaceport America Cup! (Link is in bio)
Reminder that we still have our hornraiser open. Please help us send our members to the Spaceport America Cup! (Link is in bio)
We can’t wait for the 2023 Spaceport America Cup! You can help us get ready for it by giving to our HornRaiser - link in bio! #rocket #rockets #space #aerospace #technology #tech #engineering #texas #ut #hookem #universityoftexas
We can’t wait for the 2023 Spaceport America Cup! You can help us get ready for it by giving to our HornRaiser - link in bio! #rocket #rockets #space #aerospace #technology #tech #engineering #texas #ut #hookem #universityoftexas
LRA would like to announce our newest sponsor, Altair! Altair offers high performance engineering software for simulation, high performance computing, high fidelity model building, and so much more. We are so excited to have them on our team, and we
LRA would like to announce our newest sponsor, Altair! Altair offers high performance engineering software for simulation, high performance computing, high fidelity model building, and so much more. We are so excited to have them on our team, and we cannot wait to see all the amazing things we accomplish with their help! #hookem
Reminder for those interested in joining! Soft deadline tonight! Applications will remain open, but the earlier you apply, the better chance you’ll be placed on your preferred team. Link is in our bio - we’re looking forward to having y&r
Reminder for those interested in joining! Soft deadline tonight! Applications will remain open, but the earlier you apply, the better chance you’ll be placed on your preferred team. Link is in our bio - we’re looking forward to having y’all join us!
Congratulations to all of our members who received their L1 and L2 certifications at this past January Hutto launch: Umaid Imamuddin (L2), Ryan Mok (L2), and Olivia Hantgin (L1 and L2). Not only did we have 4 successful certification launches, but we
Congratulations to all of our members who received their L1 and L2 certifications at this past January Hutto launch: Umaid Imamuddin (L2), Ryan Mok (L2), and Olivia Hantgin (L1 and L2). Not only did we have 4 successful certification launches, but we had a special 6000 foot launch by Landon Croker. Thank you to all of our members who came to the launch and represented both UT and LRA in the most positive way. Hook ‘em 🤘
Happy New Year’s Eve y’all! We wanted to celebrate all that we have accomplished this year with this short video. We are so excited for all that we’ll do in 2023. Happy New Years and hook ‘em!
Just a quick post of one of our favorite fall semester memories, Launch Texas. We are so happy that we got to be a part of such a wonderful opportunity and we can’t wait for all the amazing memories we will make in the spring! #goforlaunch🚀
Just a quick post of one of our favorite fall semester memories, Launch Texas. We are so happy that we got to be a part of such a wonderful opportunity and we can’t wait for all the amazing memories we will make in the spring! #goforlaunch🚀
“The ‘L’ in L2 stands for Landon” Congratulations to Landon Croker for successfully obtaining his L2 certification! Thank you to all who came to the launch,and thank you Landon for your hard work and dedication to LRA. 🐂🚀💥
“The ‘L’ in L2 stands for Landon” Congratulations to Landon Croker for successfully obtaining his L2 certification! Thank you to all who came to the launch,and thank you Landon for your hard work and dedication to LRA. 🐂🚀💥
Update on Launch Vehicle’s nose cone: LV has created a fiberglass nose cone using two identical, negative molds. As shown above, the molds are aligned and clamped together, and a bladder is placed inside to to remove excess resin and minimize a
Update on Launch Vehicle’s nose cone: LV has created a fiberglass nose cone using two identical, negative molds. As shown above, the molds are aligned and clamped together, and a bladder is placed inside to to remove excess resin and minimize air bubbles. To finish, the tip of the nose cone is cut off and a machined aluminum tip is attached. Super proud of all of the work that the LV has done! 🚀🔥🖤
The Fuel Grain team has made insane progress these past few weeks by refining the procedures we will use to create the solid fuel for our hybrid engine rocket. This week they will be working on making a full size fuel grain and further perfecting their procedure. Can’t wait to see all the great things coming so soon! 🚀🪐🔥 #fuelgrain #propulsion #testandlaunchoperations
Reminder that we still have our hornraiser open. Please help us send our members to the Spaceport America Cup! (Link is in bio) We can’t wait for the 2023 Spaceport America Cup! You can help us get ready for it by giving to our HornRaiser - link in bio! #rocket #rockets #space #aerospace #technology #tech #engineering #texas #ut #hookem #universityoftexas LRA would like to announce our newest sponsor, Altair! Altair offers high performance engineering software for simulation, high performance computing, high fidelity model building, and so much more. We are so excited to have them on our team, and we Reminder for those interested in joining! Soft deadline tonight! Applications will remain open, but the earlier you apply, the better chance you’ll be placed on your preferred team. Link is in our bio - we’re looking forward to having y&r Congratulations to all of our members who received their L1 and L2 certifications at this past January Hutto launch: Umaid Imamuddin (L2), Ryan Mok (L2), and Olivia Hantgin (L1 and L2). Not only did we have 4 successful certification launches, but we
Happy New Year’s Eve y’all! We wanted to celebrate all that we have accomplished this year with this short video. We are so excited for all that we’ll do in 2023. Happy New Years and hook ‘em!
Just a quick post of one of our favorite fall semester memories, Launch Texas. We are so happy that we got to be a part of such a wonderful opportunity and we can’t wait for all the amazing memories we will make in the spring! #goforlaunch🚀 “The ‘L’ in L2 stands for Landon” Congratulations to Landon Croker for successfully obtaining his L2 certification! Thank you to all who came to the launch,and thank you Landon for your hard work and dedication to LRA. 🐂🚀💥 Update on Launch Vehicle’s nose cone: LV has created a fiberglass nose cone using two identical, negative molds. As shown above, the molds are aligned and clamped together, and a bladder is placed inside to to remove excess resin and minimize a
The Fuel Grain team has made insane progress these past few weeks by refining the procedures we will use to create the solid fuel for our hybrid engine rocket. This week they will be working on making a full size fuel grain and further perfecting the