Rocketry Resources
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National Association of Rocketry (NAR) - The National Association of Rocketry is the oldest and largest sport rocketry organization in the world. Since 1957, over 80,000 serious modelers have joined the NAR to take advantage of the fun and excitement of organized rocketry! Use the NAR Locator to find an NAR section near you. |
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Tripoli is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and operation of amateur high power rocketry. Its members are drawn from the United States and 22 additional countries around the world. To find a Tripoli chapter (known as a prefecture) click here. |
Cool Rocketry Sites
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The Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS) was founded in February of 1993 to gather together interested amateurs to learn about, design, build, and test liquid fuel rocket engines.ERPS is a volunteer, non-profit liquid fuel rocket engine design and test group based in the San Jose area of Northern California. We're experimenting with and developing new rocket engines using high density propellents that are storable at room temperature and that will allow us to demonstrate simplicity of operation and cost advantages for single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicles. |
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The Reaction Research Society (RRS) is the oldest continuously operating amateur experimental rocket group in the United States. The Society today continues, as a non-profit amateur organization, to promote experimental rocketry as an educational tool and to further general interest in reaction propulsion and its applications. In addition, the Society maintains facilities and provides the technical experience necessary for safe educational opportunities in rocket design and test activities. Members from around the United States are building rocket systems to test with the Society at the Mojave Test Area. |
Clubs We Like
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The Edmonton Rocketry Club is a group of individuals interested in building and safely flying rockets of all sizes and power classifications in and around Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They fly everything from small model rockets on A thru G impulse motors, to large high powered rockets equipped with electronics/instrumentation. |
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AHPRA was formed as a Tripoli Rocketry Assoc. Prefecture to promote high power rocketry in Arizona. We hold monthly meetings and local launches as well as hosting the National Experimental Launch at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Although all are welcome, AHPRA primarily is a group which launches large rockets. An offshoot of AHPRA formed to promote experimental is the Experimental Rocketry Assoc of Arizona, XRAA. XRAA has launches separate from AHPRA as required by Tripoli rules. |
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Teeniemunde Officially Tripoli Mo-Kan (as in the Missouri/Kansas border). Located in the southeast corner of Kansas, we have members from both Missouri and Kansas who come to fly rockets ranging from 1/2A to L. |
Featured Clubs
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Austin Area Rocketry Group (AARG) Here you'll find parents, children, educators, and many just plain nice folks who are interested in model rocketry. Some people are renewing their childhood interest in rocketry, some parents are looking for an organized activity they can participate in with their children, some are looking for the serious challenge of national competition, others just enjoy building and flying rockets. |
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Florida Gulf Coast Tripoli We are a rocket club located in Southwest Florida. We are a prefecture of the Tripoli Rocketry Association. We fly rockets powered from 1/4A to M motors. |
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Tampa / Hillsborough Organization of Rocketry (THOR) Present at each launch are a group of interesting characters who decided to spend their very limited free time building and flying small rockets and gliders. The designs vary quite a bit, with everything from flying scale models of real space launch vehicles and missiles to rockets resembling science fiction spacecraft and even the infamous flying pyramids. |
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Livermore Unit of the NAR We are about 300 model rocketry enthusiasts of all ages who gather together to learn rocketry, teach rocketry, exchange modeling techniques, and , of course, fly model and high-power rockets. |
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KOSMO is one of the oldest rocketry clubs in the Plains states. The club was originally founded in 1980 by Kenneth McAlpine and Mark Johnson. We have members across Kansas and out of state. Our members include teachers, engineers, students, government employees, electronics types, and others. Two of our charter members have degrees in Aerospace Education. We fly model and high power rockets, mostly in and around Wichita and Great Bend, Kansas. Several of our members hold or have held national model rocket records. We hold monthly launch events approximately nine months out of each year, and will hold our 24th annual NAR Regional meet on June 5-6, 2004. |
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Kloudbusters Located in the heart of the South Central Kansas prairie, KLOUDBusters epitomizes the best of High Power Rocketry in the United States. With a consistent paid membership base of over 100 members, KLOUDBusters has maintained the same launch site since 1991. Flying near the town of Argonia, Kansas, with a one-hour drive time southwest of Wichita, KLOUDBusters hosts 3 major launches each year and monthly fun flies. |
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Tripoli MN is a high power rocketry club launching the 2nd Sat of each month May thru Nov with EX launches on Sun. Our waiver is for 10000' ASL with 15000' windows. We have complete hypertech ground support available I-M. Our launch fees are $40 per year or $10 per launch, kids and rockets under G's free Ex launches Free. Rocket Technologies is our on site vendor and usually has a wide assortment of motors. |
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Sunset Rocketry Club is a student-initiated model rocketry club at the school. The club attended the 2003 Team America Rocketry Challenge finals in Manassas, Virginia. The club's website includes photos of its rockets, design and construction information, and event logs. |
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Tripoli Louisiana (TRA-LA) is the only high power rocketry club in Louisiana. We have a world class flying field. Our waiver is for 10000' ASL with 15000' windows. We have complete hybrid ground support available H-M. |
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Southern Louisiana Rocketry (SoLaR) hosts an informal sport launch in Baton Rouge, LA the last Saturday of every month. This is the perfect environment for families and kids. No pressure just a lot of high flying fun. Check our web site for launch details. |
| Heartland Rocketry We are a group of hobbyists dedicated to the sport of model rocketry, flying everything from the smallest MicroMaxx motors up through M motors and beyond. Our membership includes members of Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. We are a Prefecture of Tripoli as well as a Section of the National Association of Rocketry. |
Alabama
| AL | Huntsville |  |
Huntsville Area Rocketry Association (HARA) | Chuck Pierce | |
| AL | (southeast) | Southeast Alabama Rocketry Society (SEARS) | contact |
Arkansas
| AR | Elkins | Northwest Arkansas Rocketry Society (NWARS) | Mark Morley |
Arizona
California
| CA | Fullerton | Southern California Rocket Association (SCRA) | Martin Bowitz | ||
| CA | Hawaiian Gardens |  |
Rocketry Organization of California (ROC) | Prefect | |
| CA | Lancaster | Mojave Desert Advanced Rocket Society (MDARS) | Kevin Metzler | ||
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CA | Livermore | Livermore Unit of the NAR (LUNAR) | Jack Hagerty | |
| CA | Sacramento | Sacramento Area Rocketry Group (SARG) | |||
| CA | San Diego | Diego Area Rocket Team (DART) | Val Derkach | ||
| CA | San Jose / Bay Area | Bay NAR | General Info |
Colorado
| CO | Englewood |  |
Colorado Rocketry Association of Space Hobbyists (CRASH) | Bruce Markielewski |
Florida
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FL | Ft. Myers | |
Florida Gulf Coast Tripoli | Harold Saslow |
| FL | Homeland | Astronomy and Experimental Rocketry Organization (AERO) | General Info | ||
| FL | Orange Park | Northeast Florida Association of Rocketry (NEFAR) | Greg Lukach | ||
| FL | "Space Coast" |  |
Spaceport Rocketry Association (SRA) | General Info | |
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FL | Tampa / Hillsborough | |
Tampa/Hillsborough Organization of Rocketry (THOR) | Brent Wynn |
| FL | West Palm Beach | Florida Spacemodeling Association (FSA) | Rick Boyette |
Idaho
| ID | Boise | Tripoli Idaho | General Info |
Illinois
| IL | Batavia | Fermilab Association of Rocketry (FAR) | Greg Cisko | ||
| IL | Crystal Lake | Northern Illinois Rocketry Association (NIRA) | Rick Gaff | ||
| IL | Urbana | Central Illinois Aerospace (CIA) | Gary Buck Alan Carroll |
Indiana
| IN | Brazil | Tripoli Brazil | Michael Hedges | ||
| IN | Fort Wayne | Summit City Aerospace Modelers (SCAM) | Joseph J. Isca Mark Rogers |
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| IN | Indianapolis | Rocketeers of Central Indiana (ROCI) | Bill Scott Bill Lape |
Iowa
| IA | Des Moines |  |
Iowa Society of Amateur Rocketeers (ISOAR) | Mark Riveland | |
| IA | Des Moines |  |
Des Moines Area Rocket Society (DMARS) | General Info |
Kansas
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KS | Frontenac | |
Teeniemunde Rocketry Club | James Ball |
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KS | Kansas Organization for Space Modelling | Mark Johnson | ||
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KS | (south-central) | |
KLOUDbusters | Kent |
Kentucky
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Bluegrass Rocketry Society | Patrick Harvey | ||
| KY | Louisville | Kentuckiana Rocketry Association | Dennis Stevens |
Louisiana
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LA | Baton Rouge | |
South Louisiana Rocketry (SoLaR) | Robert (Griff) Finkenaur |
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LA | |
Tripoli Louisiana | General Info |
Michigan
| MI | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan Team-1 Rocketry | Stuart Davis | ||
| MI | Jackson | Jackson Model Rocketry Club (JMRC) | Scott Miller | ||
| MI | Walker | Southwest Michigan Association of Spacemodeling Hobbyists (SMASH) | Kelo Waivio |
Minnesota
| MN | Andover | |
Tripoli Minnesota | Dave Leininger | |
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Tripoli South Minnesota |
Mississippi - no websites known
Missouri
| MO | Kansas City | Kansas City Association of Rocketry | General Info |
Montana
| MT | Billings | Big Sky Rocketry Association | Dale Emery, M.D |
Nebraska
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NB | The Heartland Organization of Rocketry (THOR) | Bruce Lee |
Nevada
| NV | Las Vegas | Tripoli Las Vegas | Kendall Reed |
New Mexico
| NM | Las Cruces |  |
Fellowship of Las Cruces Area Rocketry Enthusiasts (FLARE) | Denzil Burnam |
North Dakota
| ND | Grand Forks |  |
North Dakota Rocketry Association (NDRA) | webmaster |
Oklahoma
| OK | Tripoli Oklahoma | Doug Dinse |
Oregon
| OR | Portland | Oregon Rocketry | webmaster | ||
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OR | Portland | Sunset Rocketry Club | Rohit Shah |
SouthDakota
| SD | Sioux Empire Astronomy Club |
Tennessee
| TN | Memphis | Mid-South Rocket Society (MSRS) | Marie Holyfield |
Texas
| TX | Amarillo | Panhandle of Texas Rocketry | General Info | ||
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TX | Austin | |
Austin Area Rocketry Group (AARG) | |
| TX | Dallas |  |
Dallas Area Rocketry Society (DARS) | General Info | |
| TX | Houston | The NASA Houston Rocket Club | Warren Benson | ||
| TX | San Antonio | San Antonio Rocket Society | David Lee Jones |
Utah - no websites known
Washington
| WA | Dayton |  |
Blue Mountain Rocketeers (BMR) | Tim Quigg | |
| WA | Gig Harbor | Tripoli Puget Sound | Christopher Scott | ||
| WA | Puyallup | Washington Aerospace | Scott Bowers | ||
| WA | Spokane | Spokane Area Rocket Club (SPARC) | Marty Weiser | ||
| WA | eastern Washington | Washington High Power Rocketry | General Info |
Wisconsin
| WI | Racine | Wisconsin Organization of Spacemodeling Hobbyists (WOOSH) | Scott T. Goebel |
Wyoming
| WY | Casper | High Plains Rocket Society | John Wickman |
Canada
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Alberta | Edmonton | Edmonton Rocketry Club | Chris Broadbent |