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Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum

Locality: Carnarvon, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9941 9901

Address: Mahony Ave 6701 Carnarvon, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.carnarvonmuseum.org.au/

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25.01.2022 #OTD 1969: James Burke showed off the swanky new BBC Space Studio. It featured models of the Earth and Moon, an on-site Patrick Moore and a big board for him to explain the Apollo 10 mission on. #TBT

24.01.2022 FYI Shannon is Andy Thomas’s wife. Good luck to all the crew.

24.01.2022 Happy Birthday to astronaut Jim Lovell. He is from the 1962 NASA Group 2 astronaut class. He flew on Gemini 7, Gemini 12, orbited the Moon on Apollo 8 over Chri...stmas in 1968 and Commanded the ill-fated Apollo 13 Moon mission in 1970. We all have heard his communication with Mission Control many times, Houston, we’ve had a problem. A retired Navy Captain, he turns 93 years old today. Included here are photos of the damage to the Apollo 13 spacecraft caused from the explosion during his voyage to the Moon. (Photos courtesy NASA and news.uns.purdue.edu) See more

23.01.2022 We are once again looking for two new caretaker couples to start mid October. You must be friendly, outgoing and honest. Job includes opening the museum daily on a 3 on 3 off roster, welcoming visitors and some gardening and a little maintenance. For more information please email: [email protected]

22.01.2022 Today in 1962, we first met The Jetsons!! Who grew up watching this Hanna-Barbera masterpiece!?

21.01.2022 This INCREDIBLE Video shows the Onboard Camera View of the SpaceX Falcon 9 During Launch and Landing - SAOCOM 1B Mission. Credits/Sources: -SpaceX -ULA... #SpaceX #Falcon9 #Saocom1B #RocketCam #OnboardView #BoosterVideo #RocketLaunch #Landing #ULA #Perseverance #ElonMusk #Mars #Rockets #ReusableRocket

20.01.2022 We are moving ~~

20.01.2022 Here’s an OTC flashback! Photo is Emma Boyd who in 1986 won a drawing competition for the Giotto mission and watched the rocket go through haleys comet from here. Very cool! Visiting our museum today.

19.01.2022 Starship SN9 Flight Test Full Video.

16.01.2022 Dinner tonight with our caretakers at the Carnarvon Space Museum.

15.01.2022 It’s taken about a year, but today this antenna that started it’s working life in Muchea in the early 1960’s, then Carnarvon onto Alice Springs then scrapped in Alice Springs is back in Carnarvon looking proud and a new exhibit. A lot of thanks to Denham Dunstall and Karl Brandenburg.

13.01.2022 Goodnight from Carnarvon You cannot miss it when you arrive into Carnarvon, whether it’s by car or plane You certainly shouldn’t miss it when you spend ...some time exploring the region. This iconic tourist attraction is great for those who remembered this historical event happen, and for those that are currently learning about it at school. If you’re a keen photographer like @astrophotobear, you should undoubtedly stay a couple of nights and capture a shot like this one Find out more: https://bit.ly/34erLvI #CatchYouinCarnarvon

13.01.2022 The countdown continues... this Saturday, Sept. 26, let's hang out in celebration of International Observe the Moon Night! We are inviting all Earth dweller...s from across the globe to come together to learn about lunar science and exploration and honor cultural & personal connections to the Moon. Grab a cozy spot in your backyard and join us: moon.nasa.gov/observe See more

13.01.2022 I’ve been a bit unwell the last few days. The lovely caretakers took me to the vet so I could be checked out. $700 later (my owner isn’t happy) I’m on the mend. See you at the Space Museum soon.

12.01.2022 Thanks to a new project from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, we can listen to the Pillars of Creation! This image combines observations from Hubble and Chand...ra. Through sonification, we can hear its data transformed into sounds. For more sonifications: https://go.nasa.gov/32RtgAE Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, M. Russo & A. Santaguida #NASA #Hubble #Chandra #video #sonification #astronomy #data #science #space #universe

12.01.2022 55 years ago, September 15, 1965... LOST IN SPACE premiered on CBS TV. What a long strange trip it’s been! Onward.

11.01.2022 SpaceX - From Failures To Success Credits/Sources: -SpaceX... #Spacex #Rockets #Falcon9 #FalconHeavy #SpaceXSuccess #ElonMusk

11.01.2022 LOOK UP - All Seven Planets Will Be Visible In The Night Sky This Week https://www.davidreneke.com/

11.01.2022 Happy birthday Buzz

10.01.2022 55 years ago today, Thunderbirds were GO for the very first time. Who remembers their first rescue?

09.01.2022 When Alan Shepard said, Let’s light this candle I’m sure he never envisioned 91 of them! Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes yesterday and to my Anca for making the day so special.

09.01.2022 It takes twenty thousand people to run NASA and we’re not all astronauts and scientists and engineers. I try to bring that perspective. - Director of NASA T...echnology Communications, Derek Wang On #LaborDay, read the captivating stories behind our Faces of NASA: www.nasa.gov/faces-of-nasa

07.01.2022 Apollo 16 LM - 360 degree VR panorama Here is the 1st of our Apollo 16 - 360 degree panoramas. Use your smartphone or tablet to view this panorama, by moving y...our device around 360 degrees. You can also click on the pan to get full screen (mobile devices only). It also works on a desktop by dragging your mouse but a mobile is way better! This pan was made from about 20 separate photos stitched together by Mike Constantine and was captured by Charlie Duke on EVA 2. It shows LM Orion with its now empty Quad III payload palette and John Young in the distance behind the LRV picking up a white rock. Taken from the book, ‘Apollo: The Panoramas’ available from the Moonpans website

07.01.2022 We are once again looking for a volunteer caretaker couple to start ASAP. Duties include: opening and running museum daily, some cleaning, a little maintenance and gardening. 3 days on 3 days off roster. You’ll receive free caravan site with power and water plus a stipend of $200 per week per couple. You’ll need to be honest, friendly, outgoing and willing to be part of a small team. It’s a very rewarding and enjoyable experience. Please email your details to: [email protected] or call 0413742345.

06.01.2022 September 12, 1962 President John F. Kennedy gave his historic 'We choose to go to the moon' speech at Rice University Football Stadium. Invoking patriotic them...es of discovery, leadership and commitment, the speech laid down a gauntlet to scientists and engineers across the world. A small reference to a football rivalry between the Rice Owls and Texas Longhorns was used to frame the project as an underdog story.

03.01.2022 Apollos can be seen with a telescope xmo

03.01.2022 This will make your day Disclaimer - THIS VIDEO IS A PARODY OF THE ORIGINAL "UPTOWN FUNK" by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars and does not infringe on the copyrig...ht of Sony Music Entertainment (SME). This video was created by fans of SpaceX and does not reflect the views of SpaceX or its partners. Credits - Cinesaurus (Youtube) #spacex #funnyspacex #elonmusk #spacexparody #spacexparody #elonmuskfunny #spacexlaunch #elonfunny #occupymars #falcon9 #flaconheavy #parody #funny #bobanddoug #nasa #relaunch #rocket #universe #earth

03.01.2022 AMERICA’S FIRST ASTRONAUTS, MERCURY 7, SELECTED TODAY IN 1959--Called NASA Astronaut Training Group 1, but known everywhere as our space heroes, seven men w...ere chosen on April 2, 1959 from 110 military offices to break the bonds of Earth and go to space. The group was selected to provide pilots for the single-crew Mercury manned spacecraft. You know them by heart: (in order of their spaceflights) Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper and Deke Slayton (who flew in 1975 on Apollo-Soyuz). They have all died. Originally a wide range of candidates was going to be considered, but in December 1958 President Eisenhower ruled that military test pilots would form the candidate pool. Qualifications: Qualified jet pilot with minimum 1,500 flight-hours/10 years experience, graduate of test pilot school, bachelor's degree or equivalent, under 40 years old, under 6-foot in height (180 centimeters, 70.86 inches), excellent physical condition. Screening of military service records showed 110 military officers that met these criteria. These 110 were to be called in three groups for briefings on the Mercury program. Of the first two groups of 35 called, 56 volunteered for further physical and psychiatric tests. This provided enough candidates and the third group was never even called for a briefing or asked if they would like to volunteer. Of the 56 tested, seven were finally selected (no objective way was found to reduce the seven finalists to six). Of the seven astronauts, all eventually flew in space. Grounded due to a heart murmur, Slayton had to wait 16 years for his flight aboard the last Apollo mission. Glenn left for a career in politics after becoming the first American to orbit the earth, but returned to space aboard a shuttle over 36 years later, the oldest person to go to space at age 77. Schirra was the only astronaut to fly aboard Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft. Shepard was the only one to reach the lunar surface on Apollo 14 (after being grounded for a medical condition during the Gemini program). Grissom would die in the Apollo 204 ground fire. Hail the Mercury 7!

03.01.2022 This week: The first piece of NASA’s Orion Spacecraft #Artemis III pressure vessel arrived in New Orleans Astronaut Jeanette Epps is assigned to The Boei...ng Company’s Starliner crewed mission Hurricane Laura observed from space Here’s a look at these stories and more: https://youtu.be/PNop2HoNrbY

01.01.2022 The Carnarvon Space Museum requires a Caretaker Couple to assist our other couple to open and run our museum. You must be honest, friendly & outgoing. Duties include: welcoming visitors,... operate museum, some cleaning, gardening and some maintenance. We operate on a 3 days on 3 days off roster (subject to change). Free caravan site, power, water and small wage included. Need to start ASAP or early January 2021. For further information please email: [email protected] or call 0413742345.

01.01.2022 Millie McElya was a secretary at #NASA to the Mercury 7 astronauts starting in 1961. John Glenn called her Millie and the nickname stuck. She eventually became... Alan Shepard’s secretary when he became Chief Astronaut at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The administrative staff for the astronauts rarely get recognition but they played an important role at the start of the space program supporting the astronauts, engineers and scientists. #WomensHistoryMonth #LookuptoHER