This week 50 years ago it was the biggest story in town - as evidenced by the Apollo 11 moon landing featuring on every front page of the Herald (price 5 cents)
This week 50 years ago it was the biggest story in town - as evidenced by the Apollo 11 moon landing featuring on every front page of theAs we head down the week towards the actual anniversary of the landing on Sunday, we will reveal the significant role played by Australia.
Honeysuckle Creek in Namadgi National Park is at the end of a remote winding track called Apollo Road. Despite being at the forefront of interplanetary communications half a century ago, today there's no mobile phone cover to contact the NRMA, a modest 30 kilometres away in Canberra. On Saturday the ACT government will celebrate the crucial role Honeysuckle Creek played with the unveiling of a commemorative artworks displaying those historic words "One small step..." US Ambassador to Australia Arthur B CulvahouseSo will former employees of the tracking station, including Michael Dinn who was deputy director at the time and now in his 80s.Credit:His Canberra living room is a celebration of all things lunar.
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