February 2009

From the water tank

Photos taken from the water tank show the development of Honeysuckle.

May 2009

The Comms area
Dick Stubbs, Tony Gerada and Fred Hill during Apollo days.

June 2009

Ed von Renouard
at the Honeysuckle Scan Converter during the Apollo 11 Moonwalk.

July 2009

Walter Cronkite at Goldstone
It’s not Honeysuckle, but this seemed appropriate.

October 2009

Enjoying a Swan Lager over lunch
Bryan Sullivan, Geoff Seymour and Mike Evenett are among those enjoying a Swan after Apollo 16. Story

November 2009

Bryan Sullivan and Frank Hain
in the computer section during Apollo 12, November 1969.

December 2009

On March 17th 1967, Prime Minister Harold Holt opened Honeysuckle Creek. On December 17th 1967, he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach in Victoria.

December 2009 #2

In March 2006, Stan Lebar (1925–2009), Manager of the Westinghouse Lunar TV Camera Program, thanked the Australian trackers for their help in bringing the Apollo 11 TV to the world.

January 2010

On January 19 2010, the first step in the shut down of the old Honeysuckle Creek antenna, DSS46, commenced.
Tribute page.

April 2010

Apollo 13 – 40th anniversary

See the newly updated Apollo 13 section.

July 2010

Apollo 11 – 41st anniversary.
Kevin Gallegos (Honeysuckle SDDS) talks about being in the hot seat for the Apollo 11 Moonwalk.

August 2010

No matter what else was happening, everyone at the station needed to be fed – and the Clissolds took care of that in the canteen.
(Photo from the Apollo 11 staff photo.)

September 2010

The Station Gardener / Groundsman, Bill Shaw kept the grounds in amazing condition (see photo below) – an oasis of order in the midst of the Australian bush.
Photo from the Apollo 11 staff photo.

October 2010

Early in the life of the station, Bruce Withey took two photos from the Coll Tower – one with a telephoto lens. Click the image for a 2MB composite of the two. Note the passive repeater on Dead Man’s Hill. (More from Bruce coming soon.)

October 2010

See a video tribute to Tom Reid, who died in early October 2010, in the Station Directors section of the website.

December 2010 #1

John Vanderkly and Brian Hale in the recorders section during Apollo 17 support, at 10:50:53pm AEDT on Tuesday December 12, 1972.

December 2010 #2

Rod Lindrea, Graham Fraser and Alan Foster at the Honeysuckle Receivers during Apollo 8. Follow the mission via audio recorded at Honeysuckle.

January 2011

Bruce Window (pictured at Island Lagoon Minitrack) shares his story in the new Interviews section.

February 2011

Don Blackman and Ken Lee at the controls of Muchea’s Verlort Radar. Muchea tracked and communicated with John Glenn on his historic first orbit, February 20th 1962.

Ken was later HSK’s Ops Supervisor, working opposite John Saxon.

June 2011

Hamish Lindsay took this photo of Gai Rossell, Rhelma Burns, Barbara Vanderputt, Margaret Morgan, and Pearl Gregory on 13 May 1975.

July 2011 #1

Adrian Carter took this photo of the old Honeysuckle antenna (DSS-46) and DSS-43, at Tidbinbilla in June 2011.

July 2011 #2

42 years since Apollo 11.
MSFN Network Launch audio.
Launch seen from 43,000 feet.
HSK log for Apollo 11.

July 2011 #3

40 years since Apollo 15.

HSK StaDir Don Gray with CDR Dave Scott and CMP Al Worden.

September 2011

The Telemetry area in 1967. L-R Eric Stallard, Bruce Withey, Laurie Turner, Bill Waugh. (Photo from Bruce Withey.)

October 2011

Ed von Renouard and Bill Perrin enjoy a game of chess in the Telemetry area. (Photo: Nevil Eyre.)

November 2011

Apollo 17 LMP Dr. Harrison Schmitt signs the master signature sheet at HSK on 3 May 1973.

December 2011

‘Search for the Spurs.’
The HSK feed cone is removed in the search for arcing as Apollo 8 heads for the Moon, December 1968.

January 2012

‘New’ audio of the Apollo 11 Landing, from the MOCR Network console.