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Monroe Astronautical Rocket Society, MARS Club
MARS Rocketry is a family friendly rocketry club that flies at the National Warplane Museum airfield, just minutes from Rochester and only an hour from Buffalo, in Geneseo, NY. Started in 1961 by Rochester area middle school kids after the flight of Alan Shepard in May 1961, MARS became a NAR section later that year at the request of the science teachers. Although no one knows for sure MARS is believed to be NAR’s oldest continually active section, and is still the largest rocketry club in New York state.
MARS is National Association of Rocketry (NAR) Section #136 and Tripoli Prefecture #162, all MARS launch activities are governed by the Tripoli Safe Launch Practices, NAR Model Rocket Safety Code and the NAR High Power Safety Code. Our launches host club members and guests flying rockets ranging in size from 1/4″A” powered Estes rockets to “N” powered monsters, to an altitude of 12,000 AGL. If you wish to fly “High Power” with MARS you must be a NAR or Tripoli member, if you wish to fly “Research Motors” you must be an L2 Tripoli member and be prepared to show your membership card with certification level.
Spectators are welcome and there is NO CHARGE for spectators. The Geneseo field is easy to find and is just a few miles from I-390. Bring the kids and plan to spend at least a few hours. Extreme Rocket Motors and Performance Hobbies will be in attendance at our launches- maybe you can re-kindle a past interest in rocketry! Buy a kit and come back to fly it at our next launch.
Website Excellence Award
For the Third year in a row MARS website has placed top 3, Second Year IN A ROW, MARS has won the NAR Website Excellence Award! Each contest year, the Section Activity Committee of the National Association of Rocketry presents a Website Excellence Award for the top four Section websites. The winners are announced at NARAM and are presented with plaques. They also earn the right to display the award results on their website along with the appropriate Website Award Burst. Unlike the LAC Newsletter Award, no submissions are required. The only … Continue reading →
New Leadership
As Many of you are aware “Team Jurus” Dennis, Janice and Troy have moved to the sunshine state of Florida, they will be missed but MARS will Continue. As nature abhors a vacuum, a Pair of Dan’s and Greg Young have stepped up to fill a HUGE VOID! Dan MacNeal will be taking over for Janice as the MARS Treasurer. Dan, from Gasport NY is a father of three with a grandson on the way. A Level -2 flyer, he is an avid R/C enthusiast, Scout Master, Ham radio operator, … Continue reading →
NARAM 62 Registration is NOW OPEN
The NAR, in collaboration with MARS (Monroe Astronautical Rocket Society), NAR Section #136 and SRC (Syracuse Rocket Club), NAR Section #566, invite you to the National Warplane Museum field in Geneseo, NY for NARAM-62 and the Rocketry Festival. The flying field is one of the best in the Northeast, with acres of flat, mowed grass. This is the farthest east a NARAM has been held in 12 years.  NAR members from the Northeast and beyond are encouraged to attend, fly, and make new friends! NARAM and the Rocketry Festival will feature 7 … Continue reading →
Cleanup Party 2021
What a turnout for the cleanup A HUGE Thanks to everyone who helped, proving once again Many hands make light work and MARS is not only the oldest but the BEST rocket club around!! Troy Jurus Janice Jurus Dennis Jurus Mickey Rowe David Plankenhorn Bill Clune MaryBeth Clune Tom McCarthy Larry Wakeman Eric Gallo Michele McCortney Dan McCortney Miles McCortney Frank Salamone Joseph Avins Scott Plankham Pavel Mokiyenko
Continue reading →Member Meeting now Live and Virtual
We are NO Longer trapped in virtual mode! Moving forward we will be holding meetings both LIVE and Virtual via GotoMeeting provided by Solepoxy. We are asking those folks who would like to attend in person please give us a heads up! The Swanson building is large and there are quite a few large tables, Mask use will be like a restaurant. so we will be safe!
Continue reading →Latest Updates Hi all, opening day is nearly upon us. A few things you can still do to help The Setup Party begins this Friday morning at 9am’ish we will of course buy lunch. As always we cant run this without volunteers like you. The sport range will have our usual signup sheet with hourly shifts to make it easier, you are more than welcome to take 2 in a row. Dan Wolf, a former MARS President and competition director still needs a few shifts filled during the week. See him, he … Continue reading → Hi all, Dennis will be on the field this Friday morning at 9am to setup anyone who wants to help is MORE Than Welcome to join in! Also as many of you know this is most likely the last launch Team Jurrus will be attending as they are moving to Florida! Dennis will be bringing almost all of his rockets with him on Saturday for a Barn Yard SALE Bring CASH! The MARS Wear Store was mistakenly closed by Sports Locker for a few days it is back open now. … Continue reading →
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June Launch Update
