Spaceship Earth
TV Show| Seasons count | 4 |
| Episodes count | 52 |
| Total viewing time | 4 h. 20 m. |
List of episodes of the series ‘Spaceship Earth’
Episodes count: 11
S1.E1 ∙ Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)
May 18, 1997
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5 m.
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.
S1.E2 ∙ Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)
May 18, 1997
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5 m.
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.
S1.E3 ∙ Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January)
May 18, 1997
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5 m.
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.
S1.E4 ∙ Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January)
May 18, 1997
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5 m.
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.
S1.E5 ∙ Week 5: Earth's Rotation (January/February)
May 18, 1997
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5 m.
Earth's Rotation. The Moon shows us where Mars is. Copernicus: The Earth in orbit. Why the Earth turns. Crossing time zones.
S1.E6 ∙ Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February)
May 18, 1997
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5 m.
Hidden planets. Kepler discovers the planets' timetable. The Earth moves more quickly in Winter. Earth overtakes Mars. Why we have two tides every day.
S1.E7 ∙ Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February)
May 18, 1997
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5 m.
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.
S1.E8 ∙ Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February)
May 18, 1997
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5 m.
Columbus and the Pole Star. Earth wobbles over the centuries. The imaginary 'heavenly vault'. The Sun, our star. Infinitely large to infinitely small.
S1.E9 ∙ Week 9: The Calendar (Late February)
May 18, 1997
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5 m.
Leap Days: The Earth misses a quarter of a day. Gregorian and Orthodox calendars. Solar and lunar calendars. Solid and gaseous planets.
S1.E10 ∙ Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March)
May 18, 1997
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5 m.
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.
S1.E11 ∙ Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March)
May 18, 1997
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5 m.
Annular solar eclipses. Partial solar eclipses. The Moon eclipsed in Earth's shadow. Occultation of Aldebaran.