Reminder that 'The Dish' in Parkes was not the main game in 1969 and still isn't in 2026.

"The heavy lifting on Australia’s side of the Artemis II mission will be done by the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC), part of Nasa’s Deep Space Network (DSN), which is run by the national science agency the CSIRO.

"The CDSCC, then known as the Tidbinbilla deep space tracking station, was somewhat sidelined in The Dish, as was the Honeysuckle Creek tracking station, which actually captured the initial images of Armstrong before Parkes took over."

#Artemis #Apollo11 #Tidbinbilla #Canberra
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