FEBRUARY 2025

February 28, 2025 by Austin Bennett

PROGRESS, IREC UPDATES, NEW SPONSOR, CLUB FAIRS, AND MORE

Welcome

Welcome to the GFU Rocket Team's December 2024 edition of our newsletter! We would like to show our appreciation for your support, financial assistance, or even curiousity for our team by sharing with you what our team has been up to lately and periodically. So strap in, close the hatch, and let's fly!

Build Progress

The George Fox University Rocket Team is proud to announce Newberg Ace Hardware as a community supporter! Because of their support, the GFU Rocket Team is able to share our project with the local community and gain their support too! and ...

Newberg Ace Hardware Joins the GFU Rocket Team as Community Supporter

The George Fox University Rocket Team is proud to announce Newberg Ace Hardware as a community supporter! Because of their support, the GFU Rocket Team is able to share our project with the local community and gain their support too! and ...

OSGC NASA Grant Spring 2025 Symposium Postponed

Due to the snowstorm that blew through the Willamette Valley on Valentine's Day weekend, the Spring 2025 OSGC Symposium was postponed to April 11 to ensure the safety of all participants. Thank you OSGC for considering our safety as a priority, we look forward to presenting with you soon!

International Rocket Engineering Competition Update

On Friday, February 7, 2025 the GFU Rocket Team submitted their 2nd Progress Report of the Trillium II Rocket Project. Updates to the report included:

• A more in-depth analysis of the rockets Fin Flutter calculations

• TBD

• TBD

• TBD

Also, the official 2025 IREC Mission Patch was announced on February 20th. This mission patch looks really wonderful, including a beautiful Texas sunrise/sunset behind multiple oil derricks and a cowboy riding a horse under a windmill, the competition name and year, and the stars and stripes of the U.S.A. (host country) with 18 stars representing this year's 18th annual IREC. The GFU Rocket Team looks forward to representing this awesome patch as we prepare to compete in the 2025 IREC! Great job Emre Kilic (artist)!

OSU Careers In Aerospace Day

Thank to Oregon State University and OSU AIAA for putting on this wonderful event, we are looking forward to attending again next year!

February Scholarship Summit Clubs Fair

Thank to Oregon State University and OSU AIAA for putting on this wonderful event, we are looking forward to attending again next year!

Fundraising Update

Wow, I can't believe we have already made it! Today is the last day of our crowdfunding campaign, and we have been so blessed by all of our donors who support our team to raise a total of $7,120 through 38 donations! Even though this campaign is over, our general donation page is always available and you can donate here if you wish to help us get closer to our $35,000 goal. We are halfway to being fully funded, but still need a little extra support to reach our goal. Some of the ways we have been able to use funds so far this year include:

• New Member High Power Rocketry Certification Kits

• Main & Backup Flight Computers

• GPS Tracker

• Test & Competition Motors and Motor Hardware

• Ground Station Antenna

If you would like to help support our team financially, please consider donating by clicking here. This link will take you to our fundraiser page.

If you would like to become an industry sponsor of our team, please email rocketteam@georgefox.edu for more information. We would love to help advertise your business to both potential customers, as well as to students who could be potential future employees for your company.

Thank you to those of you who have supported us thus far, we look forward to sharing the amazing progress of our team this year as we prepare to head to the 2025 IREC!

Upcoming Events

Moving forward, our team will continue to fundraise through our crowdfunding page to financially provide for this year's projects and travel/lodging. We also will continue purchasing materials for and begin building our Trillium II rocket, and building a test stand for Myrtle I to attempt a hydrostatic fire. In addition, we plan to begin working on our 1st progress report for the IREC, and celebrate our progress so far this year with a Christmas party open to all GFU students.

Event Schedule:

Mar 7: Scholarship Summit Clubs Fair

Mar 13-14: Total Lunar Eclipse Event (All-Campus)

Mar 15: Trillium II Ground Test

Mar 22: Trillium II Demo Launch

NET Apr 1: Rocket Team Banquet

NET Apr 4: IREC Video Flight Readiness Review

Apr 11: OSGC NASA Grant Spring 2025 Symposium

Apr 11: IREC 3rd Progress Report Form Due

Apr 11: Apollo 10 1/2 Movie Night (All-Campus)

Apr 11-13: OROC April Showers Launch (Brothers, OR)

Apr 25: Engineering Department Project Presentation

Apr 25: OSGC NASA Grant Final Report Due

Jun 9-14, 2025: International Rocket Engineering Competition

Closing Remarks

As always, a huge thank you for taking a portion of your time to hear our team's updates, we really enjoy sharing with you as we work towards our goal of honoring the Lord with our rocketry ventures. I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas, just as we all have had celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Do not take this life for granted, for God has only given us one. May the Lord bless you as you begin the New Year, see you in 2025!