UWaterloo students break amateur world record with liquid rocket launch

A group of students at the University of Waterloo broke a world record for their amateur liquid rocket launch. The news: At the 2026 Launch Canada Challenge in Timmins, Ont. last week, the University of Waterloo Rocketry Team—which has roughly 100 student members—successfully launched its liquid bi-propellant rocket Polaris to an altitude of 63,497 feet, surpassing the previous amateur world record of 56,590 feet.