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How Australia saved the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing! But if not for the critical role played by the Australian space tracking teams at Honeysuckle Creek (just outside of Canberra) and Parkes NSW, some 600 million people across the planet would never have seen Neil Armstrong take those first steps on the ...

By U.S. Embassy in Canberra | 1 April, 2019 | Topics: News, Science & Tech | Tags: NASA, Space

Ambassador Culvahouse Speech: Growing our U.S partnership: priorities and opportunities (Perth, WA)

(As prepared for delivery, March 29, 2019 – Committee for Economic Development Australia, Perth) Thank you very much for that kind introduction. It’s a great pleasure for me to join you all this morning here in Perth. I will speak a little bit about who I am and what I hope we can achieve ...

By U.S. Embassy in Canberra | 29 March, 2019 | Topics: News, Speeches

Chargé d’Affaires Carouso Speech – Avalon International Airshow Media Event

Avalon International Airshow – February 26, 2019 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining me here today. The 2019 Avalon Airshow is a monumental one for the United States, as it features over 100 U.S.-based firms and their locally-established subsidiaries. This is the largest ever U.S. exhibitor contingent at Avalon, and the impressive number of ...

By U.S. Embassy in Canberra | 26 February, 2019 | Topics: News, Speeches

The skilled young Australians building the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

Avalon, Australia – U.S. Acting Ambassador James Carouso will join with Australia’s Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett, at the Avalon International Airshow today week to celebrate local Australian businesses contributing to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Using an Australian F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet as a backdrop, Acting Ambassador Carouso and ...

By U.S. Embassy in Canberra | 26 February, 2019 | Topics: News, Press Releases

National Day of Mourning for President George H.W. Bush

The U.S. Embassy and it's Consulates will be closed on Wednesday, December 5 as employees join their fellow citizens in remembering our forty-first President of the United States.

By U.S. Embassy in Canberra | 4 December, 2018 | Topics: News

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