Duke AERO is a developing IREC and Spaceport of America Cup team sending Duke closer to orbit one launch at a time. A collegiate high-powered rocketry group, AERO provides aerospace-focused engineering opportunities in the form of rocket design and fabrication and community/industry networking through guest speakers and corporate outreach initiatives.
To help our students learn high-powered rocketry fundamentals through real projects. In pursuit of this mission, the team competes in the the IREC each June with a vehicle designed, built, and tested entirely by our members.