Inspired by the Voyager missions, CBeebies Stargazing: Space Explorers takes pre-schoolers on a journey of discovery through the Solar System. Robert the Robot tells Chris, Maggie and the Stargazers that the next stop on their journey is Uranus. Maggie explains that it took Voyager 2 five years to make the journey from Saturn to Uranus – it’s nearly three billion kilometres away from earth!

In Mission Control, Robert receives another incoming message from Astronomer Edward, who uploads some pictures of Uranus from his telescope for Stargazers everywhere to look at. Back on the Space Sailor, Chris is amazed at how far Uranus is from Earth. Maggie explains that it could’ve been a lot further if it weren’t for the planets’ alignments being just right for Voyager 2’s mission.

More Stargazers send an update back to Mission Control to inform Robert that like Saturn, Uranus also has rings! Keen to see the rings up close, Chris, Maggie and the Stargazers arrive at Uranus and discover another Solar System surprise: the shepherd moons of Uranus. Maggie, with a little help from a sheep dog and some ducks, explains that the shepherd moons help keep a ring of Uranus neat and tidy.

After Robert backs up the mission data, Maggie challenges Stargazers at home to look up at the faraway stars. Show less