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2 HUGE DAYS   \\   ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE    \\    NEW YORK

THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST SPECTACULAR ASTRONOMY & SPACE EXPO

EXPERIENCE IT TO BELIEVE IT!
World Class
World Renowned
APRIL 5-6

2025

ANNOUNCING NEAF 2024!
Our Biggest & Best Show Ever!
LIVE IN NEW YORK

 
AT RCC, SUFFERN,NY
APRIL 20 & 21, 2024

SATURDAY 9-6   SUNDAY 10-5

"A spectacular event!  Nowhere else can you find such an exciting array of programs brought together in one place, at one time."   

“There is no other venue where you can see the very latest in astronomy equipment by all of the major manufacturers.”

ANNOUNCING NEAF 2025
 

90,000 SF OF SHOWROOM FLOOR PLUS WORLD CLASS SPEAKERS, 2 THEATERS, PRO/AM WORKSHOPS, PLANETARIUM SHOWS, SOLAR VIEWING, BEGINNERS CLASSES, HUGE RAFFLE, AMAZING DOOR PRIZES, KIDS ACTIVITIES AND MUCH MORE

LATEST NEAF NEWS

Welcome to the official NEAF website where you can keep up with everything NEAF!

Just added:

Tom Mulder

Boeing Starliner

 

 

Please note - Sheridan Crossroads Hotel has permanently closed.   

CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL HOTELS

A directory of local eateries has been added to the site.  CLICK HERE

 

General ticket sales open in January 

 

CLICK HERE

NEAIC 2025 tickets on sale NOW!

Early Bird is in effect! 

 

CLICK HERE

Keep up with the latest news and pictures on our Facebook & X (Twitter) sites.

 

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2025 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS 

SPEAKERS SO FAR:

Gerry Griffin 
Apollo Flight Director.  

Eileen Collins 

First Female Shuttle Commander  

Jonathan Ward 

Author  
  
Tom Mulder
Boeing Starliner 




 

HOSTED BY

JOE RAO

JOE RAO

NEAF Talks Host

VINCE COULEHAN

VINCE COULEHAN

NEAF Talks Host

Gerry Griffin

Gerry Griffin

Apollo Flight Director

Eileen Collins

Eileen Collins

First female shuttle commander

Jonathan Ward

Jonathan Ward

Author

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2025
April 7-8*
*Monday & Tuesday
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Vendor & Manufacturer Links

Experience
NEAF
to Believe it!

NEAF is  the world’s prëeminent symposium for award winning talks, workshops, classes, and conferences.  NEAF is an annual gathering of more than 4,000 professionals, amateurs, and space and astronomy enthusiasts, all coming together to share interests and passions.

NEAF brings over 120 vendors and exhibiters from around the world, representing every major manufacturer and dealer in the business, which also makes it one of the largest trade shows and collaborative venues of its kind in the world, not to mention an enthusiast’s shopping paradise.

NEAF is a true ‘Forum’ of events for anyone who has gazed upward to the night sky and found a curiosity to understand the cosmos that lies beyond our own thin atmosphere.   Each year NEAF searches the globe to present an all star line up of amazing guests that are making history today. Nowhere else can you find such an exciting array of programs brought together in one place and at one time.

Quite simply- If space and astronomy interest you, then you don’t want to miss NEAF.

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HAVE A STRESS-FREE FEST WHEN YOU LEARN THE IN'S & OUT'S 

NEAF is a 501(c)3 educational non-profit event produced by the Rockland Astronomy Club, Inc.

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