- Story Ideas - Send Corrections Where were you on July 20,
1969? If you were old enough, you may have been among the
hundreds of millions who were glued to the television. You may
have thought something was wrong with your color set as the
picture suddenly turned black and white — and fuzzy. But soon
the realization that history was in the making made the lack of
color pale into a marvelous wonder. A three-man American crew of
astronauts (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins) had
been sent on a space mission. For the first time, man was about
to take his first steps on the moon. Consulting with the far
reaches of the unknown has always been a fascinating experience.
At the forefront of the scientifically fascinating,
Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute has made it its mission to be
one of the foremost educators in all things scientific, and it
is prepared to launch its first-ever world premiere full-dome
planetarium show called “To Space & Back” this week at the Fels
Planetarium. “The images are abs