National Association of Rocketry Section 205

For current launch and meeting information check NOVAAR's Bulletin Board
or check the announcements page for more information

Attention Rocketeers

  •  Do you enjoy building and flying rockets?
  • Need a good site to launch those big birds?
  • Interested in model rocket competition awards or earning achievement awards for flying?

If you enjoy model rocketry, you are invited to join the Northern Virginia Association of Rocketry. NOVAAR is the only public model rocket club in Northern Virginia, and is a chartered section of the National Association of Rocketry (NAR). We're one of the most active model rocket clubs in the U.S., with a 40 year history of success, safety and fun in the hobby of model rocketry.

Meetings

NOVAAR holds meetings once a month. We meet the first Tuesday from 7:00 pm to 8:30 at the Braddock District Government Office. The center is in North Springfield, two miles outside the Beltway (I495) at the intersection of Burke Lake Road and Rolling Road. For a map click here. Come visit a meeting and see why model rocketry would be more fun if you belonged to NOVAAR.

Membership Benefits

  • Basic Rocket Manual and free plan book for all new members.
  • Bimonthly Newsletter (current issue 8/07) covering club activities plus design and technical subjects,
  • Participation in frequent building sessions.
  • Monthly rocket launches: contests, sport-fun flying and demonstrations.
  • Use of club's permit-approved, launch sites with launching, tracking, and range communications equipment.
  • Regular meetings (twice a month) which include an instructional or demonstration session.
  • novaar.org e-mail addresses.
  • novaar.org Bulletin Board.
  • novaar.org Chat
  • access to upload pictures to novaar.org Gallery 2
  • access to novaar.org member only pages.

Directions and map to our Great Meadows field
Calendar of events: last update 6/23/08
Members Photo page: To be added send a scanned photo to Dan Winings or upload them youself by logging in and going to Gallery 2: Last update 8/7/06
Every March and October at Camp Snyder the NOVAAR club sponsors a morning building session for requirement 3 of the Space Exploration merit badge followed by, weather permitting, an afternoon launch session.

For High Power information email:

Scouting Groups may contact:

or Write to our Senior Advisor:

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