Team RIAS

Rocketing Inclusivity in Aerospace and STEM 💫 | A team of 4 @openuniversity students who won 1st place at the Mach-22 launch vehicle competition 🚀

[Nick Kanellakis @NickKanellakis]

Louise @ouphysicsox is not only keeping our lab up and running but she is also building rockets! Our lab PA is better than yours :) Well done!

[Rachael Mitchell (she/her) @Mrsrachmitchey]

@BCS_Policy @team_rias @github Maddy single handedly did all the tech themselves, with no guidance at all. They're absolutely amazing and a great example of what you can achieve when you start to believe in yourself. 💕

[BCS Press Office @BCSPressOffice]

Our Maddy wrote the code that launched the actual rocket 🚀

Just brilliant.

Well done all @team_rias!

Code to go on @github too. #OpenSource in #RocketScience 😍

[Team RIAS @team_rias]

@OU_STEM @Mrsrachmitchey @MaddyKilmurray @JamieLBurton And @ouphysicsox we were a team of 4

[Team RIAS @team_rias]

@kjrunia Thank you 🤩🚀 (and hopefully the lack of diversity is something we will change 🙌🏼)

[Team RIAS @team_rias]

We only went and won! 🚀

1st place for launch vehicle Mach 22. 🛰️ in a competition run by Discover Space UK, UK Launch Services and sponsored by the UK Space Agency amongst others. ☄️🌌🌟🌠

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[Team RIAS @team_rias]

@OU_STEM Thank you 🤩🚀

[Team RIAS @team_rias]

@OU_SPS Thank you! 🤩🚀

[Maddy McMurray (They/Them) @MaddyKilmurray]

Special thanks to @UKSEDS @DiscoverSpaceUK @spacegovuk for organising a fab events, @CockerMike for being our amazing mentor and @UKRocketryAssoc for making launching rockets a possibility.
Bring on #Mach23!
#rockets #rocketscience #nonbinaryinstem #stem #aerospace #space

[Maddy McMurray (They/Them) @MaddyKilmurray]

It was an incredible challenge, but the best thing that I've ever been involved in. My incredible team mates (@Mrsrachmitchey @JamieLBurton & @ouphysicsox) are now friends for life, we absolutely smashed it! The icing on the cake was that we won our category, Launch Vehicle 1km

[Team RIAS @team_rias]

We couldn’t have done this without our amazing mentor Mike who was so patient with us and taught us so much! Thank you @CockerMike for everything 💕🤩🚀

[Team RIAS @team_rias]

The successful launch of Maverick… our winning rocket 🚀 🤩

#mach22 @UKSEDS @DiscoverSpaceUK @spacegovuk @OU_SPS @space_ou @OU_STEM @ouphysicsox @Mrsrachmitchey @MaddyKilmurray @JamieLBurton

[Team RIAS @team_rias]

@ian_muirhead @OpenUniversity @space_ou @OU_SPS @OU_SpaceSRA Thanks Ian 🤩🚀

[Team RIAS @team_rias]

We hit an altitude of 937m, an extremely windy day meant we had to launch at an angle to account for it. So thats an incredible result. And our tech on board worked for the entire flight! 💻

We’re so excited to see what's in store for team RIAS, this isnt the end! 🚀

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[Louise (she/her) @ginger_physics_]

We won the Mach-22 rocket competition 🤩🎉🚀

Gutted I couldn’t be there as it was my son’s last week of GCSEs & prom but I’m so proud of @team_rias we worked so hard for this! 7 months ago we knew nothing about building rockets… proof you can do anything with the right support!

[Maddy McMurray (They/Them) @MaddyKilmurray]

After a day (& a 1/2 😅) spent recovering from heat, I can finally share this with you!
@team_rias launched our rocket for the first time. This was our test launch & everything went perfect. We hit 3322ft (1012m)!
Can you help us hit our fundraising goal? https://t.co/7Oip9zKCHV

[Maddy McMurray (They/Them) @MaddyKilmurray]

As of 15 mins ago, @team_rias's flight & ground computer are fully functional & ready to fly! It's taken a lot of sweat, tears and forum posts to get here, but dang it feels good!
It's just 8 days now until we launch!
#Mach22 #RocketsAreCool #NonBinaryInSTEM #Arduino #Teensy

[Team RIAS @team_rias]

@MaddyKilmurray We love you Maddy. The team supports you and you’re such a valued member. 💕

[Team RIAS @team_rias]

Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility and we would like to take a moment to celebrate trans lives and their impact on STEM.

Your identity is valid and welcomed, and today is a day to remember that you are made of stardust.

Happy TDoV!
#TDoV #TransInSTEM

[HUBBLE @HUBBLE_space]

Breaking News 📣 #Hubble breaks new record detecting the most distant individual star ever seen. Nicknamed Earendel by the authors, this star existed within the first billion years after the Universe’s birth in the Big Bang 🎆

Full story: 🔗 https://t.co/ACvX2VcDZN

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