Mission Force One
Disney Junior’s Mission Force One, the new name of Miles from Tomorrowland, marked the first kids television premiere in space, when an episode entitled “The Space Station Situation” debuted to astronauts on board the International Space Station earlier this week. The episode, which features an exact replica of the space station using NASA’s original designs, was also shown at a private screening event at the nonprofit Space Center Houston, the official visitor center for NASA Johnson Space Center. The episode will make its television debut on Monday, May 7 at 5:30pm on Disney Junior and in the DisneyNOW app.
About the Episode:
Young adventurer Miles and his friends travel back in time to prevent the International Space Station from getting stuck in the future, with help from the astronauts on board. Revered space and science figures voicing themselves include NASA astronauts Scott Kelly, Jeanette Epps and Yvonne Cagle; the European Space Agency’s astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti from Italy; Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko; NASA space station flight director Holly Ridings; and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Randii Wessen, Diana Trujillo, Bobak Ferdowsi and Kevin Hand. Bill Nye recurs as Professor Rubicon and the episode also features GRAMMY Award-winning, world-renowned banjo player Bela Fleck.
About Mission Force One:
The series follows Miles Callisto as he leads a highly skilled team of friends, each with their own unique STEAM abilities, on exciting outer space expeditions. Experts from NASA, NASA’s JPL, the Space Tourism Society and Google serve as consultants on the series, which incorporates unique space and science facts into each storyline.
Disney’s Connection with NASA:
Disney has had a long relationship with NASA and related agencies dating back to Walt’s time.
- In the 1950s, Engineer Wernher von Braun worked with Disney Studio as a technical director, making three films about space exploration for television.
- Mission: Space at Epcot recreates a space training mission to the moon or mars.
- Nearly 10 years ago, Buzz Lightyear visited the International Space Station.