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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 observing the Artemis II lunar mission

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/02/humans-are-en-route-to-the-moon-for-the-first-time-in-54-years-and-australias-dish-is-tracking-them

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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 observing the Artemis II lunar mission

The Guardian
Apr 2 at 5:23amWeb
Show threadpetrosApr 2

@VWDasher Actually, the story of 'The Dish' in Parkes is fictionalised history.

The first steps on the moon were received by the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station not far from Canberra.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeysuckle_Creek_Tracking_Station

Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station - Wikipedia

Show threadMelissa BearTrixApr 2

@VWDasher

Is that because we ran out of cheese? ... Giggles

Hugz & xXx

Show threadCycling StuApr 2
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Show thread𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙Apr 2

@VWDasher @saxicola

That great scene in The Dish when the generator failed because they forgot to fill the tank and lost tracking, but realised they only had to point at the moon 🙂