Friends of Amateur Rocketry

Friends of Amateur Rocketry, better known simply as FAR, is an educational 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation providing infrastructure for static test firing and launching; small, medium, and large; solid, hybrid, and liquid; commercial and experimental rockets.

[1] Their static test firing and launch facility known as FAR Site is located North of Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert.

[2][3] FAR was begun in 2003 by several friends and rocketry buffs as a spin-off from RRS.

[4] The FAR Site has been used by multiple groups, including Unreasonable Rocket,[5][6] CSULB,[7] Garvey Spacecraft Corporation, UCSD, [8] MythBusters[9] and an episode of How Hard Can It Be?

FAR utilizes California State Fire Marshal licensed Pyrotechnic Operators-Class 1, 2, and 3 Rockets.