
Upcoming Launches
Sparkmaker 2 - Mach 1 Flight Test
Date
To Be Determined
Launch Site
To Be Determined
Motor
I500T
Targeted Speed
497 m/s / 1112 mph / Mach 1.45
Harrier 2B - Level 2 Certification
Date
To Be Determined
Launch Site
To Be Determined
Motor
J435WS
Targeted Speed
374 m/s / 836 mph / Mach 1.09
Me with Harrier 2B after its successful inaugural launch on July 27, 2024
Harrier 2A in its new role on display in University School of Nashville’s library
Recent Milestones
August 9, 2024: Wrapping Up Project 767
Following the final launch of Harrier 2A and the inaugural launch of the newer Harrier 2B rocket on July 27, 2024, I am officially concluding Project 767! This has been my favorite project so far and has been absolutely a blast despite its many challenges. I am super thankful to my sponsors, Vitor Goncalves, Steve Ghertner, and Zach Dunn, as well as to Jan, Jim, and Charlie Brackett for supporting me throughout this project. I am also thankful to Nicholas Woodard, Gabi Ackerman-Lieberman, Henry Wykoff, and Will Ostroski for assisting me with launches and providing plenty of fun and laughter during launch attempts. Lastly, I would like to thank the Bluegrass Rocketry Society (BluesRockS), Music City Missile Club (MC2), and the Huntsville Area Rocketry Association (HARA) for all of their help and for letting me launch with them! I also cannot forget to thank University School of Nashville for allowing me to do such an ambitious independent study as a high school student! I truly could not have done this project alone.
While I have not yet had a totally confirmed flight faster than Mach 1, I am looking forward to using everything I learned from this project in my new high power initiative, Project Sparkmaker! I will also be using the skills I have learned in my transition to Purdue University and in working with Purdue Space Program’s Liquids team. For now, thank you again to everyone and Ad Astra!
Project Sparkmaker
Project Sparkmaker is my current high-power project with the goal of consistently flying rockets past the speed of sound and learning about their behavior. Project Sparkmaker takes everything that I learned from Project 767 and uses it to optimize newer rockets to fly faster than I have flown anything before!
My newest high-power rockets, Sparkmaker 1 (left) and Sparkmaker 2 (right)
About
Drew Brackett is a Freshman at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Drew is from Nashville, Tennessee, and has been interested in space and rockets his entire life. He started launching model rockets when he was three years old! Outside of rocketry, he enjoys running and playing the Baritone. Drew graduated in 2024 from University School of Nashville and is a proud alumnus of the school’s track and cross country teams as well as its pep and concert band.