Ep 11. The Missing Astronaut/Comet Atchou
- March 15, 2006
The gang receives an SOS from a stricken spaceship. They manage to bring it in to the Moonport by remote control, but discover there's no-one on board. A search turns up an escape pod fired from the ship, but with only a wilted plant inside. Where is the astronaut? Eventually they discover that the plant is the astronaut. They fix up her spaceship, and she continues on her journey. Comet Atchou - a rare comet - passes over Moonaluna, sprinkling everyone with its sparkly dust. A little while later Jim, Ripple and Eco unaccountably freeze, statue-like, while Rover, TED and Skye - who has a bad cold - are unaffected. It's only when Jim "unfreezes" after a sneeze that they realize it was inhaling the Comet's dust that froze them. Skye's constant sneezing kept her immune. They also learn why the comet has such an unusual name!
