New Episodes of PBS KIDS’ READY JET GO! Premieres Monday, April 2nd!

Exciting news READY JET GO! fans! PBS KIDS’ is releasing five brand new episodes of PBS KIDS’ READY JET GO! which will premiere on Monday, April 2. This is one of our favorite PBS KIDS’ show for so many reasons! The music is super catchy and you can’t help but want to dance around to the fun tunes to learning about our solar system. Astronomy has been one of my personal favorite subjects since I was a kid and to this day I still love watching Sci-Fi/Fantasy movies since most are placed on other planets and solar systems. Where (are) you a Trekkie too?! READY JET GO! focuses on astronomy, technology, and scientific innovation and invention. I love the emphasis on friendship and family.

Created by Craig Bartlett (DINOSAUR TRAIN), READY JET GO! really sparks children’s excitement about science, technology and astronomy. At the heart of every episode is a basic, kid-friendly question about outer space or Earth science. You can read our interview with the talented folks behind READY JET GO! here.

The animated series allows earth science and anatomy to take center stage as two neighborhood kids — Sean and Sydney — befriend the new kid on the block, Jet Propulsion, who just happens to be an alien from planet Bortron 7. Together they explore the solar system and how it affects the planet, while also learning about friendship and teamwork.

The series features live-action interstitials with astronomer Dr. Amy Mainzer. Dr. Mainzer is so talented and knowledgeable and brings such excitement to the episodes.

The new episodes will be available on PBS stations (check local listings) and the PBS KIDS 24/7 channel and live stream.

The episodes will also be available for free on pbskids.org and the PBS KIDS Video App.

READY JET GO!: New Episodes

Air Dates: April 2-April 6

Mindy Turns Five

Premieres Monday, April 2

Mindy has finally turned five and is super excited that she is now old enough to go to space. But she’s planned a tea party in the back yard. The kids convince Mindy to move her tea party to the Moon! In her first trip to space ever, Mindy gets to board the Propulsion family saucer and experience space travel, rounding out their Moon tea party with a quick trip out to Pluto and back.

Endless Summer/Jet Shrinks the Kids

Premieres Tuesday, April 3

Jet is amazed to find out that the entire Earth doesn’t have the same season at the same time. So he flies with Sydney and Sean from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere to compare and experience holidays in winter and summer…all in one day!

Mindy feels bad that she’s the smallest kid in the group, so sympathetic Jet and friends use a shrink-ray and become her size. The plan goes awry, and Jet, Sean, Sydney, and Sunspot become the size of mice. Mindy has to follow intricate diagrams to reverse the shrink-ray!

Mindy’s Ice Rink/Measure for Measure

Premieres Wednesday, April 4

Mindy is impatient for winter, because she wants to ice skate. So Jet, Sean, Sydney, and Celery fly to Saturn’s icy rings to gather ice from them and return to build a Saturn-ringed skating rink around Jet’s house.

Jet, Sydney, Sean, Mindy, and Sunspot decide to make a scaled replica of the solar system using found items in their own neighborhood and in doing so learn that an Astronomical Unit is the distance from the Earth to the Sun.

Mindy and Carrot Bake/Commander Cressida Begins

Premieres Thursday, April 5

While making a cake, Carrot and Mindy find they are one are short one ingredient, so they head to the store. But Carrot accidentally pushes a wrong button on the wagon’s newly-updated control panel, and they take off into outer space! Using a diagram, methodical experimentation, and record keeping, Mindy and Carrot figure out how to properly fly the saucer back home, where they finally finish the cake.

Mindy has a problem: now that she’s been to space with the bigger kids, she realizes how much there is out there to see! How can she decide where to explore next? Sydney asks her mom, Dr. Skelley, who presents them with the very first edition of Commander Cressida comics! In reading the comic book, Mindy comes to appreciate that she, like Commander Cressida, can explore space “one adventure at a time.”

Mindy’s Bedtime/Galileo, Galileo!

Premieres Friday, April 6

Mindy has to go to bed when the Sun goes down, but she’s having such a fun day with her friends. She asks Jet and the others to help her keep the Sun from going down. The older kids humor Mindy and try to help “slow down the Sun.” All their efforts make Mindy so sleepy that she decides to go home and sleep.

Sydney and Jet are having a hard time explaining to Mindy that the Sun doesn’t move – the Earth is moving around the Sun, so the Sun seems to move. Then Sean comes over dressed as his science hero Galileo, getting ready to do a school report. Mindy asks “Galileo” to explain why the Sun seems to move, and Sean practices for his report by explaining how the planets move, in character as Galileo!