Australia First To Recieve Phoenix Mars Images
That’s right! The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex, just south of Canberra at Tidbinbilla, was the first of the three NASA Deep Space Network tracking stations to receive the first images from the Mars Phoenix Lander that arrived at Mars North Pole earlier today. You can read about it here on the ABC’s news site and hear an interview with Glen Nagle, a friend of mine, who is also the Public Relations manager at CDSCC here. Well done to everyone out at Tidbinbilla on another great job! If it wasn’t a working day I would have been out there watching it live in the Visitor’s Centre as I did a few years ago when the second of the Mars Exploration Rovers landed.
August 1st, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Hi Michael,
You mentioned that Glen Nagle was a friend of yours. I have often heard his name mentioned in news reports and thought he was a different Glen Nagle than a guy I was fiends with at school. I recently saw him interviewed on TV and was surprised that he bore a close resemblance to how I remember him.
Can you tell me if Glen attended Engadine High School.
Cheers,
Lee Egan
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Hi Lee,
I’m not sure where Glen went to school but if I recall correctly he is from Sydney originally.
Michael