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Memoirs of a Space Engineer

In 1964, the Mariner IV spacecraft, nearing Mars, was about to give NASA scientists their first ever glimpse of the red planet at close range. What they hadn't counted on was that the image data would arrive first at the Deep Space Station in South Australia. Doug Rickard and the team at Woomera couldn't resist a great opportunity.
Tuesday 3 July, 2007 01:21 PM

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