Upcoming Launches
TVC Rocket — Flight Test 1
Date
To Be Determined
Launch Site
Columbia, Tennessee
Motor
G12ST
Targeted Speed
To Be Determined
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
Hermes launches OatSat-1 on its fourth flight!
From right to left: Will, Trace, and I before the launch of OatSat-1
A view of the oatmeal about a second after launch — note the shadow of the rocket on the ground!
Recent Milestones
June 28, 2025: Launching A Balanced Breakfast
Throughout the month of June, I worked on a unique summer rocketry project — a rocket meant to launch oatmeal! My friend, Trace Alexander recently released a new overnight oatmeal brand, Trace’s Oats and was looking for creative ways to advertise. I volunteered to outfit one of my rockets to get footage of the oats flying high into the sky to create interesting content!
This project involved building a new payload bay for Hermes outfitted with a window, a way to mount the oats, and a clear camera angle. I had a great time working on this — thank you to Trace for giving me the opportunity to do such a fun project!
TVC Rocket Project
This is a new summer project in partnership with Henry Wykoff! We are building a rocket that uses Thrust Vector Control (TVC) to maintain stability rather than the traditional way of using fins. This will allow us to fly more precisely and develop technologies that could be used to someday propulsively land a rocket! This rocket will carry onboard electronics that control everything from its orientation to its recovery. In addition, it will also record data and carry many onboard cameras!
An early rendering of the TVC rocket
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 sophomore nuclear engineering student 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.
