Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station

A Tribute to
Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station
Canberra, Australia
and all who worked there

COMING UP: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 lunar landing – 21st July 2009.


Australian Prime Minister John Gorton inside the Honeysuckle Creek Operations building, Monday 21 July 1969. It is about 3 hours after the Apollo 11 landing, and 4 hours before the First Step. Silent film (14MB MPEG4 file). See more of the Prime Minister’s visit here.	John Gorton reads a statement immediately after his tour inside the Honeysuckle Creek Operations building. Unedited news film runs for 5 minutes and 14 seconds. It was filmed in the car parking area just opposite the main door. The clip is a 21MB MPEG4 file. Both clips courtesy of the ABC.


Featured photo Australian Prime Minister John Gorton visits Honeysuckle Creek just before the Moon Walk – Monday 21 July 1969. L-R: Lloyd Bott (Dep. Secretary, Dept of Supply), PM John Gorton, Allan Cooley (Sec. Dept of Supply) Station Director Tom Reid. Photo: Thanks to Michael Bott via Ken Sheridan. Gorton’s visit.	Honeysuckle and Apollo 11 The Apollo 11 Mission. Apollo 11 TV. Selected audio recorded at Honeysuckle. Search for the Apollo 11 TV tapes. Image: Neil Armstrong momentarily captures Buzz Aldrin and the entire LM as he moves the TV camera prior to taking his TV panorama.

A beautiful setting Website by Colin Mackellar – photo taken 09 October 1971. Click for 1.2MB version.	The Honeysuckle Creek DVDs Includes Ed von Renouard’s Super 8 movies taken during Apollos 11, 16 and 17.

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