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Australia-NASA Partnership

Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex AAP

Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex AAP Source: Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex AAP

Australia has been an integral part of every deep-space mission NASA has flown, going back to 1957 when it ran tracking facilities at Woomera. In 1962, CSIRO Parkes telescope supported NASA’s Mariner 2 mission.



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