Buffalo Rocket Society was founded in January of 1996 as Tripoli Western New
York, and received a Tripoli Rocket Association (TRA) designation as Prefecture
#85 in February of 1996. BRS also became affiliated with the National
Association of Rocketry (NAR) as Section #590 in 1999. The Society incorporated
in July of 1999 as a not-for-profit corporation in the state of New York.