Spaceship Earth — Season 1, Episode 1: Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)

Episode synopsis

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.

About Spaceship Earth

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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)
• E3Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January)
• E4Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January)
• E5Week 5: Earth's Rotation (January/February)
• E6Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February)
• E7Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February)
• E8Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February)
• E9Week 9: The Calendar (Late February)
• E10Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March)
• E11Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March)