Elysium 2 is RED’s next-generation engine, designed from the ground up with a completely new architecture. Targeting 1,500 lbf of thrust and a 15-second burn duration, it will be Texas A&M’s most powerful rocket engine to date, delivering five times the performance of Elysium 1.0. In addition to its raw power, Elysium 2 incorporates throttling and gimbaling capabilities, expanding both its versatility and precision in flight. 

Building on the success of Elysium 1.0, Elysium 1.1 achieved a two-fold performance increase with no major hardware changes. The result showcases RED’s fast-iteration engineering culture: small, smart changes validated quickly to deliver big improvements. 

Elysium 1.0 was RED's, and Texas A&M's, first liquid bipropellant rocket engine ever fired! After its inaugural test on December 3rd, 2024, we are now aiming to do multiple iterations on this engine. 

Our "Water Test Stand" (WTS) is a system that allows us to 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, and have used it in subsequent testing campaigns.

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 above.