11/18/2025
Project Sirius I in motion😏
Recently, the Sirius I team launched Vulcan II, the subscale proof of concept required by NASA. This launch marked the first of many in the competition.
James Madison's NASA Student Launch team. Follow us as we work towards our goal of competing in the 2025-2026 NASA Student Launch Competition.
11/18/2025
Project Sirius I in motion😏
Recently, the Sirius I team launched Vulcan II, the subscale proof of concept required by NASA. This launch marked the first of many in the competition.
06/16/2025
Our team won 1st Place Overall at the NASA Student Launch Competition this year!
We also took home:
🏆 1st Place – AIAA Reusable Launch Vehicle Innovative Payload Award
🥈 2nd Place – AIAA Reusable Launch Vehicle Award
We’re a team of 8 general engineering students who spent the past year designing, building, and launching a fully reusable rocket and payload system.
So proud of what we accomplished and beyond grateful to have done it with this team🚀🚀
05/16/2025
Happy graduation weekend to all who celebrate!
Huge thank you to all of our family, friends, and supporters who’ve been with us through this journey. It’s been a long time coming- late nights, long meetings, test days, launch days, and everything in between. As we wrap up our last pieces of documentation, it honestly feels too soon.
We’ve grown so much, and it’s wild to think how far we’ve come. Every single person on this team has a bright future ahead, and we can’t wait to see where everyone goes next. Thanks for being part of the ride. And good luck to the upcoming JMU Rocketry team, we can’t wait to see all of your success! 🎉🥳🎓🚀🕶️
05/13/2025
05/03/2025
Rocket Fair at the Von Braun Center today! We are so excited for our upcoming launch on Sunday🚀
04/18/2025
JMU rocketry is officially going to Huntsville!✈️📍 Both our vehicle demonstration flight and payload demonstration flight have been deemed successful✅
03/08/2025
First full scale flight✅✅
03/04/2025
Successful ground testing for Vulcan I full scale! We are so excited to paint our rocket and then launch this weekend in Monterey🚀☀️
02/23/2025
Check out these articles written by The Breeze and JMU CISE about our team! A huge shoutout to Ashlee Thompson from The Breeze for meeting with us to learn more about our project and writing an amazing article!📝