Flagship Forwarding instructions
IREC International Shipping Guidance and Instructions for 2026 with Link to Shipment Declaration Form
SpaceNews Partnership
The Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA) is thrilled to announce that we will be partnering with SpaceNews again for the 2026 International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC).
Ordering aerotech motors
If you are flying AeroTech motors, place your order by February 2, 2026.
2026 Erik Gates Scholarship
2026 Erik Gates Scholarship
Deadline to Apply Online: February 15, 2026
AIAA’s SciTech
Meet ESRA President, Steve Taylor, and Executive Director, Andy Berger, at AIAA's SCITECH 2026, January 12-16, in Orlando, Florida. They will discuss the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association's mission to provide safe and exciting opportunities for academic groups to compete in aerospace challenges and how the International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) supports this endeavor.
Congratulations to the Selected Teams for the 2026 IREC!
Congratulations to the 2026 IREC Accepted Teams! Visit https://www.esrarocket.org/2026irec to see if you made the cut.
Special Notice Regarding IREC Team Make up
REMINDER TO ALL STUDENT TEAMS - Section 2.2.3 of the IREC Rules and Regulations makes it very clear that IREC Teams should ONLY INCLUDE STUDENTS from the identified University in the application. YOU CANNOT INCLUDE students from multiple universities on your team. All team members must be active students at the identified University.
2026 IREC Special IREC Town Hall October 15th at 7PM
Join us for a 2026 IREC Special Town Hall to address your 2026 IREC Team Applications!
2026 iREC Team Application is Now Open
Please visit https://www.esrarocket.org/2026-irec-team-application to view all the details and prerequisites.