KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) Pink Pony is a bipropellant liquid rocket utilizing nitrous oxide and alcohol as propellants. Our goal is to simplify a liquid rocket as much as possible while still breaking records. With an apogee of around 40,000ft, we are aiming to beat the Collegiate Recovered Liquid Rocket Altitude Record, which is currently 30,187ft. The vehicle is nearly complete, and we are aiming to launch in February of 2026. We passed our CoDR in Oct 2024, PDR in Nov 2024, CDR in Mar 2025, and TRR in April 2025. Most of the vehicle’s information can be found in the poster below:

Recovery Test Flight

On July 19th, 2025, the recovery system was flown on a commercial solid motor to a 2000ft apogee. All deployment charges fired as expected, and the rocket was recovered with no damage. This test verified that the recovery system would work in flight on the actual rocket.