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#Parkes Radio Telescope

Australia’s famous telescope to play vital role in historic Moon mission

Cosmos Magazine, Other, 23/02/2024, Matthew Ward Agius Texas aerospace company Intuitive Machines has made history this morning, landing its 'Odysseus' […]

Polishing the stars for 30 years

Parkes Phoenix, Other, 01/04/2022 Tom Lees can clearly remember watching the moon landing on TV when he was seven, but […]

Parkes radio telescope, aka the Dish, celebrates 60 years of scientific discoveries

ABC Online, Other, 01/11/2021, Tim Fookes Sixty years on from its construction the Parkes Radio Telescope is set to play […]

60 Years of Science Wonder – Happy Birthday Dish

Space Australia, Other, 27/10/2021, Rami Mandow As Australians, we are known to have a deep connection and treasure home-grown things […]

CSIRO’S Dish to support one of the first commercial moon landings

Clarence Valley Independent, Other, 27/03/2021 The iconic Parkes radio telescope, owned and operated by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, will […]

Parkes artist Sean James Cassidy honoured for Dish artwork

Parkes Champion-Post, Other, 23/11/2020 Artist Sean James Cassidy was recently honoured, with his artwork selected to grace the cover of […]

CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope — The Dish — given a Wiradjuri name to mark start of NAIDOC week

ABC Online, Other, 09/11/2020, Hugh Hogan The Dish, famous for broadcasting the moon landing, will now also be known as […]

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