UTEP engineering students prepare for fourth venture to international rocket competition

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Engineering students at the University of Texas at El Paso are heading to an international rocket competition for a fourth time.

Ahead of the competition, ARC El Paso got a behind-the-scenes look at UTEP’s Sun City Summit Rocket Team’s project “Sandstorm.”

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The 2025 International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC), the world’s largest student rocketry competition, will be held in Midland from June 9-14.

This marks the team’s fourth participation in the international competition and their second entry in the 30,000 feet class…

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