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Meet the team

2023-2024 Team

Ignite Innovation, Propel Sustainability

Our mission is to engage STEM students in the challenges of space sustainability.

World’s first landing of a biofuel-powered rocket.

“It is impressive to see what promising innovations the RISE team has already developed.”
— President of VU Amsterdam, Mirjam van Praag (2023)

A ground-breaking project where 35 STEM students will work towards one common goal:

Land the first rocket vehicle with green propulsion.

Who are we?

RISE is a student team of the University of Twente and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. We work on problems in the space sector that needs changing to sustain human activity in space. We do this by engaging STEM students in multidiciplinary projects.

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RISE at ESA 🚀 Last Thursday, Nathan and Nadeem attended the monthly NL Space Campus Network & Drinks event at ESA BIC, representing RISE. 💥 They got the great opportunity to talk to companies with key players in the space industry, including
Our electronics team is working on assembling the flight computer for our MK5 Rocket!🚀 Let us take you behind the scenes! Step one: cleaning the PCB and stencil with Isopropyl Alcohol. Step two: applying solder paste to the pads using a stencil,
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🚀 Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting a lunch lecture for chemical engineers! 🍽️ We covered physics, rocket engine requirements, propellants, and more. We further discussed our team's unique culture of autonomy, and the support offered by uni
🥇 RISE wins the Hackathon 👩🏻‍💻 Earlier this month, our team participated in the Synergy Hackathon competition, organised at Delft, and was tasked with programming a new energy system based on the prompt "To The Stars." Our team ex

Upcoming

Launch

October

This launch will be used to test our new systems of ground control, active air braking and parachute deployment. Check our events schedule or our social media for more information and updates

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Clean-Space Challenge

Space debris poses a serious threat to current and future spacecraft. With space missions becoming more frequent, the chance of generating more space debris increases. RISE is aiming to organize their own clean space challenge in the year 2027, before this RISE will gain experience by organising workshops in collaboration with the VU and the UT. Learn more about the challenges of space sustainability on our Clean-Space page.