Parkes Radio Telescope Open Day 2019

The Parkes Radio Telescope received all but the first 8 minutes of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's walk on the moon. It was the source for world wide coverage. The first 8 minutes came from the NASA station at Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra which was later closed and the antenna moved to Tidbinbilla, a few kilometres away.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the landing, the Parkes Radio Telescope held an Open Day, including tours of the telescope building itself.

References:
Grote Reber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Reber

Parkes Radio Telescope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory

Open Day program: https://events.csiro.au/Events/2018/November/26/Parkes-Open-Days-2019

Cowra Japanese Garden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowra_Japanese_Garden_and_Cultural_Centre

Margaret Hamilton in moonlight: https://www.blog.google/products/maps/margaret-hamilton-apollo-11-tribute/

Honeysuckle Creek: https://www.honeysucklecreek.net/Apollo_11/index.html

Note: Margaret Hamilton wrote the software for the lunar module!

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