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Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum

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The Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum celebrates the little-known history of Carnarvon's role in the manned space program and the Australian communications industry.
Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum, Browns Range, Western Australia
OTC dish with Milky Way
The museum focuses on two parts, the Carnarvon Tracking Station and the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) Satellite Earth Station, for which each station played separate roles in the early space industry.

It will be great fun for the kids, and the adults will learn all about Carnarvon’s role in the space race.
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Website

www.carnarvonmuseum.org.au

Address

Mahony Ave, Carnarvon, Western Australia, 6701

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