Honeysuckle Creek reveals the pivotal role that the tracking station at Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra, played in the first moon landing. Andrew Tink gives a gripping account of the role of its director Tom Reid and his colleagues in transmitting some of the most-watched images in human history as Neil Armstrong took his first step. Part biography and part personal history, this book makes a significant contribution to Australia's role in space exploration and reveals a story little known until now. As Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr, the director of flight operations for Apollo 11, acknowledged: 'The name Honeysuckle Creek and the excellence which is implied by that name will always be remembered and recorded in the annals of manned space flight'. Reid, Thomas, 1927-2010. | Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station. | Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station -- Management. | Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) | Electrical engineers -- Australia -- Biography. | Earth stations (Satellite telecommunication) -- Australian Capital Territory. | Earth stations (Satellite telecommunication) -- Australian Capital Territory -- Management. | Ground support systems (Astronautics) -- Australian Capital Territory. | Astronautics -- Australia -- Communication systems -- History. | Space flight to the moon. | Moon -- Exploration -- History. | Australian