Title |
Research - Astronomy and space - Australian and American scientists at Australia's National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Parkes during the Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969. The telescope collected the astronauts' television images and sent them around the world by satellite. Mr J G Bolton, Director of the Observatory, adjusts the telescope's controls to lock it onto the television transmitter on the moon as Mr Wilson Hunter, NASA's chief representative in Australia, confers by telephone with the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas. Behind Mr Bolton is Mr Robert Taylor, NASA Operations Manager in Australia. Behind Mr Hunter is Dr E G Bowen, Chief of the Division of Radio Physics of the CSIRO, which operates the telescope [negative is missing scanned the print gh11/13] |
Contents date range |
1970 - 1970 |
Series number |
A1200
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Control symbol |
L84798 |
Citation |
NAA: A1200, L84798 |
Item ID |
11399778 |
Location |
Canberra |
Access status |
Open |
Physical format |
PHOTOGRAPHS (allocated at series level) |
Visibility and availability indicators |
65. Digital copy available - original not to be issued
76. Item charge: Photographic
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| Keyword headings |
- RESEARCH ASTRONOMY AND SPACE
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Date registered |
08 Oct 1998 |
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