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The Best Episodes of Spaceship Earth

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An educational series explaining the operation of the solar system using 3D animation. Its 52 episodes provide a week-by-week description of the operation of the solar system.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Spaceship Earth Season 1 Episode 1 - Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)
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    #1 - Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)

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    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Spaceship Earth Season 1 Episode 2 - Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)
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    #2 - Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)

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    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Spaceship Earth Season 1 Episode 3 - Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January)
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    #3 - Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January)

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    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Spaceship Earth Season 1 Episode 4 - Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January)
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    #4 - Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January)

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    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Spaceship Earth Season 1 Episode 5 - Week 5: Earth's Rotation (January/February)
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    #5 - Week 5: Earth's Rotation (January/February)

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    Earth's Rotation. The Moon shows us where Mars is. Copernicus: The Earth in orbit. Why the Earth turns. Crossing time zones.

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  6. Spaceship Earth Season 1 Episode 6 - Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February)
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    #6 - Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February)

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    Hidden planets. Kepler discovers the planets' timetable. The Earth moves more quickly in Winter. Earth overtakes Mars. Why we have two tides every day.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Spaceship Earth Season 1 Episode 7 - Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February)
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    #7 - Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February)

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    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Spaceship Earth Season 1 Episode 8 - Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February)
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    #8 - Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February)

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    Columbus and the Pole Star. Earth wobbles over the centuries. The imaginary 'heavenly vault'. The Sun, our star. Infinitely large to infinitely small.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Spaceship Earth Season 1 Episode 9 - Week 9: The Calendar (Late February)
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    #9 - Week 9: The Calendar (Late February)

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    Leap Days: The Earth misses a quarter of a day. Gregorian and Orthodox calendars. Solar and lunar calendars. Solid and gaseous planets.

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  10. Spaceship Earth Season 1 Episode 10 - Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March)
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    #10 - Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March)

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    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Spaceship Earth Season 1 Episode 11 - Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March)
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    #11 - Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March)

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    Annular solar eclipses. Partial solar eclipses. The Moon eclipsed in Earth's shadow. Occultation of Aldebaran.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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  13. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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  14. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 3
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  15. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode 4
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  16. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 5 - Episode 5
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  17. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 6 - Episode 6
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    #17 - Episode 6

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  18. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 7 - Episode 7
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    #18 - Episode 7

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  19. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 8 - Episode 8
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    #19 - Episode 8

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  20. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 9 - Episode 9
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  21. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 10 - Episode 10
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    #21 - Episode 10

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  22. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 11 - Episode 11
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    #22 - Episode 11

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  23. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 12 - Episode 12
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    #23 - Episode 12

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  24. Spaceship Earth Season 2 Episode 13 - Episode 13
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    #24 - Episode 13

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  25. Spaceship Earth Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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Best Episodes Summary

"Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)" is the best rated episode of "Spaceship Earth". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/18/1997. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)".