Parkes Observatory Tracks Artemis Two Moon Mission

0:00It's April 9th. Welcome in. This is Sydney News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. The park's observatory in Australia, that iconic radio telescope from the movie The Dish, just wrapped up tracking NASA's Artemis 2 mission. This crude flight marks humanity's first trip toward the moon since 1972, going farther from Earth than ever before, and snapping. Fresh views of the moon's far side. For 50 years after helping with Apollo, it's picking up right where it left off. Back in the 1960s and 70s, the observatory beamed live footage of the Apollo 11 moonwalk to 600 million viewers worldwide. And even caught faint signals from the troubled Apollo 13 crew, helping save those astronauts. Now, it's teaming up with NASA's Canberra Station and Australia's Quantum Ground Setup to handle the heavy lifting during close lunar passes. Just like operations expert John Sarkissian are buzzing with excitement, saying they've

1:00waited decades for this return. He watched Apollo as a kid, and believes these missions will spark the next generation of dreamers, just like before, pushing kids to chase science, careers. Tech has leveled up big time too. What once needed racks of gear and teams of folks now run smooth with modern computing, Sarkissian handle passes solo from the tower. With Murray Young, its indigenous name from Where a jury elders, the 64 meter dish stands ready for non-stop lunar traffic ahead. Artemis II splashes down Saturday morning our time, paving the way for moon landings by 2028 and maybe a base beyond. This legacy keeps rolling, bridging errors in space exploration.