The Magic School Bus: Space Adventures

Space Adventures

2nd edition (2012)
1st pressing (2003)

Properties

Format

DVD
Digital

Media Region

1 (DVD)

Home Video Information

Theme

Aerospace and physics

Featured episodes

Bonus episode (if any)

Plays Ball (from Super Sports Fun)

Release Information

Release date

‎January 28, 2003 (first DVD press)
July 31, 2012 (second DVD press)

Released with

Cinedigm press:

The Food Chain
Catches a Wave
The Busasaurus
Super Sports Fun
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

Release Chronology

Previous video(s)

Holiday Special

Next video(s)

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! and Super Sports Fun

"Get lost in outer space."

—Professor Frizzle's speech bubble on the reverse of the Cinedigm pressing

The Magic School Bus: Space Adventures is a 2003 DVD and digital compilation of three episodes from The Magic School Bus about aerospace science. It was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on January 28, 2003 and again by Cinedigm on July 31, 2012.

Reverse[]

3 Out-of-This World Adventures!
Arnold's know-it-all cousin Janet drives the whole class crazy when she joins Ms. Frizzle's class on a field trip and Scholastic's The Magic School Bus GETS LOST IN SPACE!
After Dorothy Ann sees an asteroid on a crash course toward their school, the class blasts into space. Will they be able to divert the asteroid and save the day? Find out in this OUT OF THIS WORLD adventure!
In TAKING FLIGHT, Wanda and the rest of the class discover how wings and moving air cause flight as they are shrunk inside Tim's model airplane.

Get lost in outer space.
GETS LOST IN SPACE - Topic: The Solar System. Arnold's know-it-all cousin Janet drives the whole class crazy when she joins Ms. Frizzle's class on a field trip and gets them lost in outer space.
OUT OF THIS WORLD: Topic: Space Rocks. After Dorothy Ann sees an asteroid on a crash course toward their school, Ms. Frizzle arranges a field trip into space.

GAINS WEIGHT: Topic: Gravity. Phoebe is chosen to give a slam-dunk exhibition during the big basketball game. When she finds she can’t jump high enough because gravity is “pulling on” her, Ms. Frizzle takes the class into space and turns the Bus into a planet — with adjustable gravity!

Episodes[]

First DVD edition (Warner, 2003)[]

Title/Topic/Description	Season	Episode	Production Code	Release Date
Gets Lost in Space Topic: The Solar System	1 (MSB)	1 (1)	MSB-01	September 10, 1994
Arnold's know-it-all cousin Janet drives the whole class crazy when she joins Ms. Frizzle's class on a field trip and Scholastic's The Magic School Bus GETS LOST IN SPACE!
Out of This World Topic: Space Rocks	2 (MSB)	11 (24)	MSB-24	November 18, 1995
After Dorothy Ann sees an asteroid on a crash course toward their school, the class blasts into space. Will they be able to divert the asteroid and save the day? Find out in this OUT OF THIS WORLD adventure!
Taking Flight Topic: Flight	2 (MSB)	9 (22)	MSB-21	November 4, 1995
In TAKING FLIGHT, Wanda and the rest of the class discover how wings and moving air cause flight as they are shrunk inside Tim's model airplane.

Second DVD edition (Cinedigm, 2012)[]

Title/Topic/Description	Season	Episode	Production Code	Release Date
Gets Lost in Space Topic: The Solar System	1 (MSB)	1 (1)	MSB-01	September 10, 1994
Arnold's know-it-all cousin Janet drives the whole class crazy when she joins Ms. Frizzle's class on a field trip and gets them lost in outer space.
Out of This World Topic: Space Rocks	2 (MSB)	11 (24)	MSB-24	November 18, 1995
After Dorothy Ann sees an asteroid on a crash course toward their school, Ms. Frizzle arranges a field trip into space.
Gains Weight Topic: Gravity	4 (MSB)	8 (47)	MSB-47	November 1, 1997
Phoebe is chosen to give a slam-dunk exhibition during the big basketball game. When she finds she can’t jump high enough because gravity is “pulling on” her, Ms. Frizzle takes the class into space and turns the Bus into a planet — with adjustable gravity!
Bonus: Plays Ball Topic: Forces	1 (MSB)	10 (10)	MSB-03	November 12, 1994
Bonus episode from The Magic School Bus: Super Sports Fun. Ms. Frizzle combines Dorothy Ann’s physics and Ralphie’s baseball into a "Frictionless Baseball Game."

First iTunes, Vudu, and Google Play edition (The Orchard Entertainment, 2014)[]

Title/Topic/Description	Season	Episode	Production Code	Release Date
Gets Lost in Space Topic: The Solar System	1 (MSB)	1 (1)	MSB-01	September 10, 1994
Arnold's know-it-all cousin Janet drives the whole class crazy when she joins Ms. Frizzle's class on a field trip and gets them lost in outer space.
Out of This World Topic: Space Rocks	2 (MSB)	11 (24)	MSB-24	November 18, 1995
After Dorothy Ann sees an asteroid on a crash course toward their school, Ms. Frizzle arranges a field trip into space.
Goes on Air Topic: Air Pressure	4 (MSB)	4 (43)	MSB-42	October 4, 1997
The only contribution the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class have made to the Walkerville Space Capsule is an empty jar. "It's not empty," argues Keesha. "It's filled with air!" Ralphie thinks that air doesn't do anything, but when the Bus shrinks and gets stuck inside the jar—the class finds that their only hope for escape is…air!
Gains Weight Topic: Gravity	4 (MSB)	8 (47)	MSB-47	November 1, 1997
Phoebe is chosen to give a slam-dunk exhibition during the big basketball game. When she finds she can’t jump high enough because gravity is “pulling on” her, Ms. Frizzle takes the class into space and turns the Bus into a planet — with adjustable gravity!

Trivia[]

The 2012 edition is also a part of the three-disc set, "Blast Off! From Sea to Space", which includes The Magic School Bus: The Food Chain (an original compilation with food-themed episodes from Season 1), and a rerelease of 2005's The Magic School Bus Catches a Wave.
A 2014 limited-edition "DVD + Book" issue came with a copy of The Magic School Bus: Space Explorers. The Magic School Bus: Human Body and The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive were also rereleased with accompanying Science Chapter Books that year.
On the front of the 2012 box art, Professor Frizzle is seen both inside and outside the Bus.
The 2003 box art is based on Out of This World. On the 2012 edition, it is Gets Lost in Space.
On the Warner DVD, "Gets Lost in Space" and "Out of This World" are presented in their VHS versions, while "Taking Flight" is presented in its remastered version.
- This, Creepy, Crawly, Fun!, and Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! are the only Warner DVDs to include VHS rips of Season 2 episodes.

Purchase[]

US Amazon[]

First DVD pressing (Warner, 2003)[]

Second DVD pressing (Cinedigm, 2012)[]

2012, base release without book
2014, DVD + Book edition
Blast Off from Sea to Space (released 2012, includes The Magic School Bus Catches a Wave and The Magic School Bus: The Food Chain)