This will be our first engine to be hot fired! Elysium will be a Jet-A (propellant), nitrous (oxidizer) liquid engine. We are in the design stage figuring out the injector design, fluids architecture, and avionics/controls needs. Progress is moving rapidly!

Our "Water Test Stand" (WTS) is a system which allows us to hydrostatically test the pressure drop across an orifice, giving our team valuable flow metrics. This system is quick, easy, and safe. 

We can also use this system to flow water through our injector to get metrics. We first put this system online in March of 2024. 

Genesis is a liquid rocket engine, one of only a handful designed from scratch by university students across the world. It is fueled with propane and liquid oxygen and was the main focus of TAMU RED. After lots of hard work, Genesis culminated in a water test to prove our systems and assumptions. This test was a SUCCESS, and it is written about in the WTS (Water Test Stand) page.