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Our Rocket

The NEAR project is based on the work done by the EuRoC-21 team, with many modifications and a new Active Apogee Control system.

The Team

The team is fully run by 17 students, working as part-time engineers.

Our Partners

Support from our partners is what makes this project possible.

Our Rocket

NEAR is currently under development. Any updates will be posted on the official DARE social media accounts, which can be found below.

The Team

The NEAR team consists of 17 members, all of which are students at TU Delft.

General Team Oversight

Christian Plevier

TEAM SECRETARY

Thijmen Odijk

TEAM LEAD

Christos Margaritis

CHIEF ENGINEER

Gonçalo Nespral

PR & APOGEE CONTROL ENGINEER

Kosma Krzyzanowski

ACQUISITIONS & APOGEE CONTROL ENGINEER

Gerwin V.D. Heuvel

TREASURER & STRUCTURES ENGINEER

Engineering

Marcel Kwapien

CHIEF STRUCTURES

Lodewijk Bakker

CHIEF APOGEE CONTROL

Panos Papadopoulos

CHIEF ELECTRONICS

Kristina Vukosavljević

RECOVERY ENGINEER

Aleksandr Pavlov

STRUCTURES ENGINEER

Joachim Bron

APOGEE CONTROL ENGINEER

Benjamin Chen

STRUCTURES ENGINEER

Mauro Beenders

APOGEE CONTROL ENGINEER

Mike Timmerman

APOGEE CONTROL ENGINEER

Sarissa Aurori

STRUCTURES ENGINEER

Nigel van Nierop

STRUCTURES ENGINEER

Our Partners

Almotion
"Almotion is your manufacturer and supplier for industrial drives. We provide you with pneumatic cylinders, linear units and linear guides."
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TU Delft
"Delft University of Technology, also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. As of 2022 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings among the top 10 engineering and technology universities in the world."
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