Muchea Tracking Station, Western Australia



Mercury Tracking Station No. 8


This section is not yet complete – more to come.


Friendship 7 50th

Fifty years ago, on February 20th 1962, Col. John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.

He was tracked across the Australian continent on his three orbits by the NASA tracking stations at Muchea and Woomera.


Messages for the 50th

Messages for the 50th anniversary of Friendship 7.

 

In this section

Introduction to Muchea

Essay by Hamish Lindsay new

During Project Mercury

More photos

Staff Photos

Frames from a film taken at Muchea

Plans of the Station

Missions supported

Friendship 7 updated

News clippings

Memorabilia

The Dakota tragedy updated

Muchea Today (2006, 2011) updated

Shire of Chittering Commemorative Display


Muchea T&C building