From The Saturday Paper, 19 April 2026:
When it comes to space, Australia has long been seen – and seen itself – as a support act who, with telescopes and technology, makes the bigger nations and space agencies look good as they undertake headline-grabbing missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.
Australia has done very well in that role. As every schoolchild learns, the images of astronaut Neil Armstrong setting foot on the dusty lunar surface on July 21, 1969, were beamed around the world via two Australian radio telescopes: Murriyang at Parkes and the long-departed Honeysuckle Creek telescope near Canberra. Read more (paywall).
Bianca Nogrady 