{"id":653025,"date":"2026-03-13T16:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/653025\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:09:13","slug":"the-franklin-institute-will-launch-a-trash-can-rocket-for-astronomy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/653025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Franklin Institute will launch a trash can rocket for Astronomy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"637\" data-start=\"493\">The Franklin Institute will celebrate International Astronomy Day with a lineup of space-themed activities on Saturday, April 25.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"955\" data-start=\"639\">From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., visitors can explore astronomy exhibits and special programming spread across four floors of the science museum. The day includes access to the two-story Wondrous Space exhibit, presentations in the Fels Planetarium and opportunities to learn about space science from museum staff and guests.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1198\" data-start=\"957\">Outside in Science Park, telescopes equipped with solar filters will allow visitors to safely observe the sun. Inside the museum, a demonstration will break down how astronauts\u2019 space suits are designed to protect them in extreme conditions.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1336\" data-start=\"1200\">The event will wrap up with a science demonstration in which performers launch a 40-gallon trash can into the air using liquid nitrogen.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1414\" data-start=\"1338\">Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts will also take part in the day\u2019s programming.<\/p>\n<p><b><a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fi.edu\/en\/events-calendar\/20260425\/astronomy-day-2026\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Astronomy Day<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1414\" data-start=\"1338\">Saturday, April 25 from 11 a.m. &#8211; 3 p.m.<br \/>The Franklin Institute<br \/>222 N 20th Street<br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19103<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1414\" data-start=\"1338\">This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the newsroom staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Franklin Institute will celebrate International Astronomy Day with a lineup of space-themed activities on Saturday, April 25.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":653026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,4514,8160,1448,2830,1311,159,179688,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-653025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-astronomy","10":"tag-museums","11":"tag-pa","12":"tag-pennsylvania","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-the-franklin-institute","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116222739528063133","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}