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In Pictures: 50 years of NASA in Australia

Australia has played a vital role in transmitting images from space for the world to see. Take a look at some of the main technology and cultural highlights of the past 50 years in space

The first deep space station was set in Woomera, South Australia (pictured). During the 1960s up to six stations were set up in Australia. Including Muchea, near Perth in Western Australia. It was opened in 1960 for Project Mercury, the first phase of America’s goal to get man on the moon. The first Australian to speak to a space traveller was Gerry O’Connor, a communications technician at Muchea and he spoke to astronaut John Glenn aboard Friendship 7. Photo credit: NASA

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