''The Astronauts'' is an American

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television series that aired on

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from November 13, 2020 to January 15, 2021. The series stars

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, Keith L. Williams, Kayden Grace Swan, and Ben Daon, as well as features the voice of

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Premise

Five children sneak onto a spaceship and the ship's artificial intelligence Matilda sends them into space. The children have to find their way back to Earth while doing a space mission and attempting to keep the spaceship from breaking down.

Cast

as Samantha "Samy" Sawyer-Wei, the commander of the Odyssey II crew and is the daughter of Rebecca Sawyer and Molly Wei *

as Elliott Combs, the son of Griffin Combs and nephew of Singer Combs * Keith L. Williams as Martin Taylor, the son of Niles Taylor and the older brother of Doria Taylor * Kayden Grace Swan as Doria Taylor, the daughter of Niles Taylor and younger sibling of Martin Taylor * Ben Daon as Will Rivers, the son of Connie Rivers *

as the voice of Matilda, the Odyssey II A.I. program who planned for the children’s space launch and is the creation of Singer Combs

Production

On June 18, 2019, it was announced that Imagine Kids & Family was developing an untitled scripted space series for

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served as showrunner, executive producer, and writer.

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, and Stephanie Sperber served as executive producers. Production for the series was overseen by Shauna Phelan. On February 19, 2020, an

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television series under the working title of ''The Astronauts'' was ordered by Nickelodeon for 10 episodes, with an initial premiere set for summer 2020. On October 9, 2020, it was announced that the series would have an hour-long premiere on November 13, 2020. Starring in the series were

as Samantha "Samy" Sawyer-Wei, Bryce Gheisar as Elliott Combs, Keith L. Williams as Martin Taylor, Kayden Grace Swan as Doria Taylor, Ben Daon as Will Rivers, and

as the voice of Matilda. Daniel Knauf also served as series creator.

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and

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served as directors.

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Awards and nominations

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Astronauts, The 2020s American children's television series 2020s Nickelodeon original programming 2020 American television series debuts 2021 American television series endings American action adventure television series English-language television shows Television series by Imagine Entertainment