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Group photograph of Mercury astronauts presented to Muchea Tracking Station
1961Historical information
Muchea Tracking Station opened in March 1961 under an agreement between the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Australian Government. The federal Department of Supply operated and managed the Muchea Tracking Station, which was part of a worldwide network of space flight tracking stations. The Muchea station was involved with several Project Mercury missions, including John Glenn's famous orbit in 1962.
In 1963 Muchea Tracking Station was closed to make way for another Western Australian tracking station at Carnarvon.
This signed photograph of Project Mercury astronauts was presented to Muchea Tracking Station in February 1961. Individuals pictured are Alan Shepard, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Scott Carpenter, Donald Slayton, John Glenn and Leroy Cooper.
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The Department of Supply operated and managed Australian space tracking stations on behalf of the government of the United States of America until 12 June 1974, when responsibility for Space Tracking Stations passed to the Department of Science. Records created and kept by the Department of Supply were later transferred to the Western Australian Office of the National Archives of Australia.
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NAA: PP300/1, 21
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NASA
