List of episodes of the series «Spaceship Earth»

  • Seasons count: 4
  • Episodes count: 52
  • Total viewing time: 4 h. 20 m.
Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)
Release date: 5/18/1997

Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)

  • Episode number: 1
  • Episode duration: 5 min.
  • Episode description:
    Why it is cold when the Earth is closest to the sun. Why we see Venus in the morning. The planets are close, the stars unreachable.
Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)
Release date: 5/18/1997

Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)

  • Episode number: 2
  • Episode duration: 5 min.
  • Episode description:
    Day and Night. A gigantic Sun with tiny planets. A look at the Zodiac. The solar system is the present; the stars are the past.
Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January)
Release date: 5/18/1997

Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January)

  • Episode number: 3
  • Episode duration: 5 min.
  • Episode description:
    The Sun is on time but the Moon is late. Why we see the Moon as a crescent. The half-moon crosses the Earth's orbit. Where the Moon came from. The Moon: Delay in space and Time.
Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January)
Release date: 5/18/1997

Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January)

  • Episode number: 4
  • Episode duration: 5 min.
  • Episode description:
    Discovering Mercury. Distant moons of other planets. Why we always see the same side of the Moon. Why we see the Sun so low but the Moon so high.
Week 5:  Earth's Rotation (January/February)
Release date: 5/18/1997

Week 5: Earth's Rotation (January/February)

  • Episode number: 5
  • Episode duration: 5 min.
  • Episode description:
    Earth's Rotation. The Moon shows us where Mars is. Copernicus: The Earth in orbit. Why the Earth turns. Crossing time zones.
Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February)
Release date: 5/18/1997

Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February)

  • Episode number: 6
  • Episode duration: 5 min.
  • Episode description:
    Hidden planets. Kepler discovers the planets' timetable. The Earth moves more quickly in Winter. Earth overtakes Mars. Why we have two tides every day.
Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February)
Release date: 5/18/1997

Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February)

  • Episode number: 7
  • Episode duration: 5 min.
  • Episode description:
    Why the Earth is round. Newton's apple. Why the Earth does not fall into the Sun. Three minutes more Sun every day. Sundials and the Earth's axis. Comets.
Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February)
Release date: 5/18/1997

Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February)

  • Episode number: 8
  • Episode duration: 5 min.
  • Episode description:
    Columbus and the Pole Star. Earth wobbles over the centuries. The imaginary 'heavenly vault'. The Sun, our star. Infinitely large to infinitely small.
Week 9: The Calendar (Late February)
Release date: 5/18/1997

Week 9: The Calendar (Late February)

  • Episode number: 9
  • Episode duration: 5 min.
  • Episode description:
    Leap Days: The Earth misses a quarter of a day. Gregorian and Orthodox calendars. Solar and lunar calendars. Solid and gaseous planets.
Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March)
Release date: 5/18/1997

Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March)

  • Episode number: 10
  • Episode duration: 5 min.
  • Episode description:
    The half-moon shows where we are going. Where the stars go during the day. The Moon and the planets: The Sun's invisible companions. The Moon's shadow on the Earth: Solar Eclipses.
Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March)
Release date: 5/18/1997

Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March)

  • Episode number: 11
  • Episode duration: 5 min.
  • Episode description:
    Annular solar eclipses. Partial solar eclipses. The Moon eclipsed in Earth's shadow. Occultation of Aldebaran.