Humans are en route to the moon for the first time in 54 years – and Australia’s Dish is tracking them
The Murriyang radio telescope in Parkes, NSW broadcast the moon landing in 1969 and is now tracking the Artemis II crewed lunar mission
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On the day of the Apollo moon landing, 21 July 1969, wind gusts of up to 110km/h buffeted the Parkes radio telescope as it sat in a sheep paddock in regional New South Wales.
It is meant to shut down when the winds hit 35km/h, but the operators risked it all to help broadcast Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. Continue reading...
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