Grades K–2
Sensory exploration and first builds — paper, straws, balloons and magnets. Cause and effect, discovered by testing.
Portfolio: First builds, no formal artifact
The Journey
From paper rocket to launchpad
Five stages, one loop repeated for twelve years. Every stage ends with something a student can show — not a grade, not a certificate of attendance.
Launch sequence
T-4 to liftoff
Scroll the sequence. The tools sharpen at every stage; the engineering habit never changes.
- T-4
Grades 3–5
First builds
Straw and balloon rockets, the four forces, and a launch logged every single time.
Artifact: Personal data journal
- T-3
Grades 6–8
Simulation
OpenRocket, stability geometry, and the first prediction-versus-reality build.
Artifact: First engineering report
- T-2
Grades 9–10
Build & test
Pressurised launches, onboard telemetry, CAD parts, and deliberate one-change iteration.
Artifact: Design-iteration report
- T-1
Grades 11–12
Competition ready
Payload design, stability margin maths and competition-format documentation.
Artifact: Full technical design report
- LIFTOFF
Beyond school
Pathway
INSSDC, GSDC, IN-SPACe/ISRO CANSAT India and IREC — with alumni mentoring and career guidance.
Artifact: Portfolio + mapped career path
Age bands
What changes at each band
Content, tools and project complexity move with the student.
Grades 3–5
Foundations — "why does it fly?" Straw rockets, balloon rockets and the four forces, logged launch by launch.
Portfolio: Personal data journal
Grades 6–8
Design and simulation. OpenRocket, centre of gravity vs. centre of pressure, and the first prediction-versus-reality build.
Portfolio: First engineering report
Grades 9–12
Build, test and compete. Stability margin maths, onboard telemetry, CAD and payload design aimed at real competitions.
Portfolio: Design-iteration report → full technical design report
Competition pathway
Where the arc points
A mapped route from a Grade 8 team entry to collegiate rocketry.
INSSDC
Indian National Space Settlement Design Competition
Teams respond to a Request for Proposal by designing a full space settlement — structures, logistics, life support — and submit a technical report. Winners advance to the Asian Regionals and the International Finals at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Hyderabad precedent: Vyomanaut Astronomy Club won the Large Team category internationally in 2016.
GSDC
Global Space Design Challenge
A multidisciplinary space settlement simulation — teams form a mock company with engineering, medical and AI roles, work with industry mentors, and present to a judging panel. Online entry rounds feed into the same international finals as INSSDC, with certificates positioned for UK university applications.
IN-SPACe / ISRO CANSAT India
Model Rocketry & CANSAT India Student Competition
Run with IN-SPACe, ISRO and the Astronautical Society of India: design, build and launch a real model rocket carrying a 7U CanSat payload to 1,000 m with safe, precision recovery. Our oldest students train toward it — the alumni track keeps mentoring them into their first attempt.
IREC
International Rocket Engineering Competition
The largest collegiate rocketry competition in the world, with 150+ universities. India already has a credible flag-bearer in thrustMIT (Manipal). Useful for career-guidance conversations with students seriously considering an aerospace degree.
Every launch starts with a countdown.
Book a free trial session at the Hyderabad experience center — pick a mission, pick an age band, pick a slot.