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Teletype Operator Glenis Wilkerson celebrates her 21st Birthday at Muchea Tracking Station, while waiting for the (delayed) launch of John Glenn’s Friendship 7.

RAAF Flight Surgeon Warren Bishop with US Flight Surgeon Ed Beckman and Capcom Astronaut Gordon Cooper celebrate at Muchea after Friendship 7.

Technical Information Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 3, 20 February 1969. (Click the image for a 4.2MB PDF file)

The TIBs were published by the Goddard Space Flight Center’s Manned Flight Operations Division for Network personnel. Where possible, the plan is to publish on the front page the TIB which was current 50 years ago. This TIB was preserved by Honeysuckle’s Bernard Smith. Those already online can be found here.

Caltex Distributor (and local identity) Val Jeffery, and assistant Rex Eades, deliver fuel to Honeysuckle Creek. From The Caltex Dealer and Distributor, Fourth Quarter, 1966.

People at Carnarvon, 1964. From a four-page liftout on the Dedication of Carnarvon Tracking Station.

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The story of Tom Reid, a little dish, and Neil Armstrong’s First Step – by Andrew Tink

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Royal Australian Mint Moon Landing Coins commemorate the Moon landing.

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Message from Christopher Kraft, 14 March 1974, on the occasion of Honeysuckle leaving the Manned Space Flight Network.

Australian Prime Minister John Gorton visits Honeysuckle Creek on the day of the Moon Landing, Monday 21 July 1969. Silent film (14MB MPEG4 file).

The Prime Minister after his tour inside Honeysuckle’s Operations building. Unedited news film runs for 5'14". A 21MB MPEG4 file.

The Honeysuckle antenna today

The old Honeysuckle antenna was used for its last official track in January 2010.

DSS46 photos.

And here’s a tribute page of photos on the occasion of the shutdown.