List of episodes of the series «Spaceship Earth»
- Seasons count: 4
- Episodes count: 52
- Total viewing time: 4 h. 20 m.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.