Featuring Chasing the Moon: American Experience & Other Special Programming, Original CPTV Content, and Activities Throughout the State
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Commander Neil Armstrong, Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, and Command Module Pilot Michael Collins became the first crew to successfully land on the moon. With an audience of more than half a billion watching on television, Armstrong planted his foot on the moon and famously proclaimed, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
To honor this incredible feat and its 50th anniversary in 2019, PBS is offering “Summer of Space” science and history programming, anchored by the epic and highly anticipated three-part, six-hour series Chasing the Moon on American Experience.
Don’t miss this special programming on Connecticut Public Television, airing throughout July and August. For a full schedule of programs, click here.
Activities Throughout Connecticut
To view a running list of space-related activities being held in Connecticut in the coming weeks and months, featuring advance preview screenings of Chasing the Moon, click here.
Share Your Space Story
Visit PBS.org/Summer-of-Space each week in summer 2019 to answer a question about your own “space story” (or share your answer on social media with #SummerofSpacePBS).