The Dish runs back to the moon: Parkes telescope to support commercial lunar landings

Australian observatory that shared Apollo 11 images reaches deal with US company Intuitive Machines

The Parkes radio telescope in regional New South Wales, which famously shared Apollo 11's landing images to more than 600 million people in 1969, will provide support to new commercial lunar missions this year aimed at ultimately creating a sustainable presence" for humans on the moon.

The Dish", as it has become known in Australia, will provide ground station support to the Houston-based Intuitive Machines group for the multiple lunar missions" it is planning with Nasa over the next five years.