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Name: Spaceship Earth (1997)
Director: Nicolas Gessner
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1997
Rating: 9.1
Cast: Stéphane Freiss

Spaceship Earth (1997) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Spaceship Earth online in HD.

Spaceship Earth — Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Created by: Nicolas Gessner
Starring: Stéphane Freiss

Spaceship Earth — Series Details

First Air Date	1997-05-18
Seasons	4
Episodes	52
Genre	Documentary
Language	English
Network	France 5
Status	Ended
Rating	9.1/10 (8 votes)

Spaceship Earth — Episode Guide

Season 1 (Winter)

E1: Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year) (1997-05-18) — 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.
E2: Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January) (1997-05-18) — 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.
E3: Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January) (1997-05-18) — 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.
E4: Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January) (1997-05-18) — 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.
E5: Week 5: Earth's Rotation (January/February) (1997-05-18) — Earth's Rotation. The Moon shows us where Mars is. Copernicus: The Earth in orbit. Why the Earth turns. Crossing time zones.
E6: Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February) (1997-05-18) — Hidden planets. Kepler discovers the planets' timetable. The Earth moves more quickly in Winter. Earth overtakes Mars. Why we have two tides every day.
E7: Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February) (1997-05-18) — 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.
E8: Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February) (1997-05-18) — Columbus and the Pole Star. Earth wobbles over the centuries. The imaginary 'heavenly vault'. The Sun, our star. Infinitely large to infinitely small.
E9: Week 9: The Calendar (Late February) (1997-05-18) — Leap Days: The Earth misses a quarter of a day. Gregorian and Orthodox calendars. Solar and lunar calendars. Solid and gaseous planets.
E10: Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March) (1997-05-18) — 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.
E11: Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March) (1997-05-18) — Annular solar eclipses.
Partial solar eclipses.

The Moon eclipsed in Earth's shadow.

Occultation of Aldebaran.