#Canberra’s Moonrock Trail

Tidbinbilla open day

Free event. 50 years ago a group of Australians working at a tracking station nestled in the hills of Canberra, received and broadcast the TV images of Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon. Here is your chance to relive that moment under the actual antenna dish that helped make that historic moment possible.

Touch a piece of the Moon

Free event. Come see and touch the only lunar touchstone in the Southern Hemisphere. It is one of only 11 around the world.

Tracking Apollo: 50 years since the Moon landing

Free event. NASA's Honeysuckle Creek tracking station, just outside of Canberra, was part of an international network supporting the Apollo Missions. Equipment from the Honeysuckle Creek station will be on display,

Apollo 11 – 50th Anniversary Exhibition

Ticketed event. Questacon’s Apollo 11, 50th Anniversary exhibition, focuses on the power of science and mathematics as told through the journey of the Apollo program that landed humanity on the moon.