Mercury redstone launch

Rocket

We have liftoff

This is a life-sized model of the Mercury Redstone launch vehicle that first thrust US astronauts into space in the early 1960s. It was used for six Mercury flights which culminated in the launch of the first American in space.

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Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum

Carnarvon's role in the race to land humans on the moon

Carnarvon may not be the most likely place you’d expect to encounter world-changing space technology but it once played a key role in the global race to land man on the moon. The Carnarvon Space and...

Address:

Mahony Ave
Carnarvon WA 6701
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9941 9901

Email:

frontdesk@carnarvonmuseum.org.au

Open Hours

Open 7 days; April to September 9am - 4pm; October to March 10am - 2pm

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Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum Overview

OTC Dish

OTC dish played key role in moon landing

The white sphere of the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) dish looms high over Carnarvon as a reminder of the region’s key role in landing man on the moon. The dish opened in 1966 and...

Apollo console

Collecting data on astronaut wellbeing

Because spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral in the USA passed close to remote Carnarvon on their first orbits around the Earth, the area was the ideal location to collect data on the crew’s...