A
Tribute to the men and women of
Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station, Canberra,
Australia
the wider Australian involvement
in manned and unmanned space exploration, and more!
Updated 18 May 2022. | News & Events 10 May 2022. |
May 2022
Apollo 10 – 53rd Anniversary, 18 – 26 May 1969 New: Audio recorded at Honeysuckle. |
Site Menu |
Honeysuckle Creek |
Other |
Honeysuckle Creek |
Royal Australian Mint Moon Landing Coins commemorate the Moon landing. |
|
![]() |
|
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. |
Both clips courtesy of the ABC. See more of the Prime Minister’s visit here. |
One Small Step: The Australian Story |
Watch “One Small Step: The Australian Story”, produced by Freehand TV in Sydney for the BBC, for the 40th anniversary in 2009. (If you’ve seen the Australian comedy “The Dish”, |
The Honeysuckle antenna today
And here’s a tribute page of photos on the occasion of the shutdown. |
Site © Colin Mackellar 20032022. All rights reserved.