In today's image, we see the Parkes Radio Telescope dish in Australia. We note that it is pointed in the direction of our Moon, allowing us to receive faint signals from the Odysseus Lander which landed near the lunar South Pole. Since the lander ended up tilted, its more powerful antenna cannot point toward Earth, meaning the large telescope is needed to detect the radio signals from the craft.

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