Rovers Progress Update
The Rovers team has been hard at work this year build our URC ready rover! The team has completed work on the rover chassis and suspension system.
RIT ROAR Day 2019
Creating payloads for CubeSats, maintaining our telescopes, and satellite development is expensive and we need your help to continue to offer this invaluable service to students!
RIT SPEX is back for the fall!
SPEX has been hard at work preparing for this fall. This is set out to be the most diverse and exciting year for SPEX yet!
RIT SPEX Crowdfunding 2019
Creating payloads for high altitude balloons (HAB), maintaining our telescopes, and satellite development is expensive and we need your help to continue to offer this invaluable service to students!
Spring SPEX Projects
SPEX is back for the spring! There are 4 student projects: Rovers, IREC, HAB, and Astrodynamics as well as 2 MSD projects.
Introducing the SPEX Rovers Team
This fall, RIT SPEX has introduced the Rovers team. The team will be building a fully functional rover to demonstrate at Imagine RIT 2019 and plans to compete in the University Rover Challenge in the future.
RIT SPEX Celebrates 60 years of NASA
This year represents the 60th anniversary of congress founding the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. For six decades, NASA has led the peaceful exploration of space, making discoveries about our planet, our solar system, and our universe.
Fall SPEX Projects
The SPEX team has finalized the list of fall projects. Learn about HAB 5, IREC 2019, Astrodynamics, Environmental Test Chamber, Rovers, and the project approval process!
RIT SPEX at Spaceport America Cup
This past summer RIT Space Exploration participated in our first IREC. IREC is the intercollegiate rocket engineering competition and it is the largest event of its kind. RIT Space Exploration competed in one such category, the SDL payload challenge.
RIT SPEX at Imagine RIT
RIT Space Exploration was at Imagine RIT! Imagine RIT is a campus-wide event that showcases the innovative and creative spirit of RIT students, faculty and staff.