ISBN |
9781742236087 (paperback) |
Name |
Tink, A. A. (Andrew A.) author. |
Title |
Honeysuckle Creek : the story of Tom Reid, a little dish and Neil Armstrong's first step / Andrew Tink. |
Published |
Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth Publishing, 2018. |
©2018 |
Description |
264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
Summary |
Honeysuckle Creek reveals the pivotal role that the tracking station at Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra, played in the first moon landing. Andrew Tink gives a gripping account of the role of its director Tom Reid and his colleagues in transmitting some of the most-watched images in human history as Neil Armstrong took his first step. Part biography and part personal history, this book makes a significant contribution to Australia's role in space exploration and reveals a story little known until now. As Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr, the director of flight operations for Apollo 11, acknowledged: 'The name Honeysuckle Creek and the excellence which is implied by that name will always be remembered and recorded in the annals of manned space flight'. |
Subjects |
Reid, Thomas, -- 1927-2010 |
Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station |
Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station -- Management |
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) |
Electrical engineers -- Australia -- Biography |
Earth stations (Satellite telecommunication) -- Australian Capital Territory |
Earth stations (Satellite telecommunication) -- Australian Capital Territory -- Management |
Ground support systems (Astronautics) -- Australian Capital Territory |
Space flight to the moon |
Moon -- Exploration |
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