Space Racers
Space Racers is an American CGI preschool STEM-focused educational animated television series featuring the space travel cadets of the Stardust Space Academy. The series was produced by Space Race, LLC and co-produced by Maryland Public Television for season 1, and later WNET for seasons 2 and onward. The show began as a web series on March 22, 2011 entitled Space Race, then debuted as a television series on May 2, 2014 on select public television stations. The second season of the show debuted on October 31, 2016 on Sprout (now Universal Kids). Since the second season, the show's original production funding was provided by NASA, which involves science and space technology education, in partnerships with U.S. Space & Rocket Center and U.S. Space Camp.
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Also known as | Space Race (2011–12) The Space Racers |
Genre | Animated Children's Educational Science fiction |
Created by | Richard Schweiger Julian Cohen |
Developed by | Allan Neuwirth Mark Risley |
Directed by | Mark Risley |
Creative director | David Michael Friend |
Voices of | Yuri Lowenthal Meyer DeLeeuw Johnny Yong Bosch Alicyn Packard Melissa Hutchison |
Theme music composer | Jody Gray |
Opening theme | Jody Gray Allan Neuwirth David Steven Cohen |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 90 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 10–12 minutes (individual) 22–23 minutes (half-hour) |
Production companies | Stardust Animation Maryland Public Television (season 1) WNET New York (season 2) |
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Network | PBS member stations/APT (season 1) Universal Kids (season 2) |
Release | March 22 – April 29, 2011 |
Release | May 2, 2014 – November 22, 2018 |