Ready Jet Go!

Jet Propulsion and his family are human aliens from the fictional planet Bortron 7 which orbits around a red dwarf called Bortron. They live at Boxwood Terrace in Washington state,

{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/seattle-native-returns-to-the-small-screen-with-ready-jet-go/|title=Seattle native returns to the small screen with 'Ready Jet Go!' on PBS|date=February 15, 2016|website=The Seattle Times}} where they study human customs and Earth environments for a travel guide. Jet has made friends with neighborhood children, including Sydney, Mindy and Sean, whose parents work at the nearby Deep Space Array. The Propulsions' car turns into a flying saucer, which they frequently use to take the older children into space. Their alien identities are known to Sean, Mindy and Sydney, but they otherwise make some effort to conceal their origin. However, a boy named Mitchell Peterson who lives next door is in on Jet's alien behavior and wants to expose his identity.

At the end of each episode, scientist Amy Mainzer (also called Astronomer Amy) hosts educational interstitial segments: the segments are not included in the export version.

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• Jet Propulsion{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/media/pdf/coloring/Jet.pdf |title=Jet Propulsion |website=Pbskids.org |access-date=2016-06-11}} (voiced by Ashleigh Ball)[https://web.archive.org/web/20160119145523/http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/credits.html] is the title character of the show and is a humanoid alien. He has red hair and can stretch his body, as his parents can. He is excitable, energetic, and goofy. He is tall for his age. Jet is 63 years old in Bortronian years, as revealed in "Earthday Birthday". He was instantly popular with the other children the moment he arrived on Earth. He sees the mundane world as a vast and exciting place, and even thinks that words are exciting, such as "surprise", claiming it to be a funny Earth word. He is named after the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.{{cite web|url=https://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/|title=Ready Jet Go! - PBS KIDS|website=Pbskids.org|access-date=12 February 2019}} He is shown to be extremely kind, even to people who are mean to him, such as Mitchell. He possibly likes Sydney, because he danced with her in "How Come the Moon Changes Shape?", and is shown to possibly like Sean in "Back to Bortron 7".
• Sunspot{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/media/pdf/coloring/Sunspot.pdf |title=Sunspot |website=Pbskids.org |access-date=2016-06-11}} Propulsion{{cite episode |series={{PAGENAME}} |title=Eye in the Sky |quote=Space Scout Sean Rafferty reporting for duty .. I'm here to pick up Sunspot Propulsion for his first official Space Scout event.}} is the Propulsion family pet. He is described as a dog or cat to "Earthies" not in the know. Sunspot has the ears of a rabbit, the body of a kangaroo, and the tail of a raccoon or a fox. He plays concertina, electric guitar, bugle, pan pipes, and drums. Sunspot is silly and likes to play. His status as a mere "pet" may be somewhat of a put-on: He knows how to read, can talk and sing,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48cUAj-1js8 |title=Sunspot Talking |website=YouTube |date=12 April 2016 |access-date=2016-09-01}} and can follow conversations, but often seems confused about what behaviors are expected from a pet. He often functions as a deus ex machina, figuring out what is going on and what needs to be done and then conveying that information to one or more of the children. Carrot and Jet both realize there's more to Sunspot than the obvious, as evidenced by a conversation in "The Greatest Canyon": Carrot: "You ever get the idea there's something he's not telling us?" Jet: "All the time, Dad. All the time."
• Carrot{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/media/pdf/coloring/carrot.pdf |title=Carrot |website=Pbskids.org |access-date=2016-06-11}} Propulsion (voiced by Kyle Rideout) is Jet's father. His name from his home planet includes the sound of an elephant trumpeting and a parrot squawking. He tends to be goofy, like Jet. He often stays home while Celery takes the kids on adventures into outer space, as he doesn't really like going in the flying saucer. Carrot often cooks wacky dishes such as deep-fried lollipops.
• Celery{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/media/pdf/coloring/celery.pdf |title=Celery |website=Pbskids.org |access-date=2016-06-11}} Propulsion (voiced by Meg Roe) is Jet's mother. Celery is smart and often takes the kids to space. Her name from her home planet includes the sounds of banging, buzzing, and clanging. She normally drives the family vehicle, as Carrot's driving makes her nervous. She likes racing against her brother, Zucchini.
• Face 9000 (voiced by Brian Drummond) is a computer. He is a cyan face with blue facial features projected from a small, round ball. He has a younger brother, Face 9001. Face 9000 knows everything about science, and often pops up to answer the kids' science questions. In "Face on the Fritz", he gets an upgrade. He has a tendency to get jealous easily.

Collective name for Earth natives used by the Bortronians.

• Sydney{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/media/pdf/coloring/Sydney.pdf |title=Sydney |website=Pbskids.org |accessdate=2016-06-11}} Skelley{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} (voiced by Dalila Bela in season 1, Vienna Leacock in Back to Bortron 7-season 2) is a girl with black hair and green eyes. She idolizes a character named Commander Cressida, named after the moon of Uranus, who has a dog named Sirius, named after the brightest star in Earth's night sky. Sydney is imaginative and very friendly, often acting as the voice of reason for the kids. In "How Come the Moon Changes Shape?" she danced with Jet, in "Kid Kart Derby" she hugged him. Her mother is Dr. Amy Skelley.{{cite web|url=http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/ready-jet-go/ZW0675A040S00%23pageloaded|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170827043420/http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/ready-jet-go/ZW0675A040S00%23pageloaded|url-status=dead|title=Ready, Jet, Go! - A Hammer And A Feather/ Commander Mum : ABC iview|date=27 August 2017|archivedate=27 August 2017|website=Archive.fo|accessdate=12 February 2019}} Sydney's motto is "A kid's place is exploring space". Her friendship with the Propulsion family gives her many opportunities to do just that, which makes her a happy girl. She is named after Sydney, Australia.
• Sean{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/media/pdf/coloring/Sean.pdf |title=Sean |website=Pbskids.org |accessdate=2016-06-11}} Rafferty (voiced by William Ainscough (seasons 1-Our Sun is a Star!), Grady Ainscough (in You Can Call Me Albedo-Moon Face), Glen Gordon (in Lone Star 2 - Rocket Kids!-One Small Step), Anthony Bolognese (Space Camp) is a boy with light brown hair, gray eyes, and freckles. Sean probably has asthma; he is shown breathing into a brown paper bag in "Jet Cooks Dinner", and he mentions once when the children are in space that sometimes he has trouble breathing. He is smart and wants to be an astronaut when he grows up, but he has slight claustrophobia. Sean likes to follow the Scientific Method, as shown in many episodes; he even has his own song about it. His mother is Dr. Rafferty. Sean idolizes Neil Armstrong, and has his action figure, which he takes along on their space trips.
• Mindy{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/media/pdf/coloring/Mindy.pdf |title=Mindy |website=Pbskids.org |accessdate=2016-06-11}} Melendez{{cite episode |series={{PAGENAME}} |quote=I'm Mindy Melendez, hey let's be friend-ez}} (voiced by Jaeda Lily Miller) is a 5-year-old girl (she was previously four, but turned five in episode "Mindy Turns Five") with brown eyes, dark brown hair in two pigtails, and a hat that looks like a teddy-bear face. In season 1, she stayed on Earth when the others went into outer space; she was not allowed to go any further than Jet's backyard. In season 2 she became allowed to travel past Jet's backyard, as she turned five, so she now accompanies the others as they travel into space. She is the only one who knows Mitchell is spying on Jet and is out to expose him.

• Zucchini (voiced by Ian James Corlett) is Jet's maternal uncle and Celery's brother named after the food zucchini. He is a garbage collector on Bortron and works for the East Galaxy Garbage Company, Bortron 7 Division, using the Big Bortronian Junk Sucker (BBJS).{{cite episode |series=Ready Jet Go |title=Space Junk}} He is very kind to the kids, but also dimwitted at times.
• Moonbeam is the pet of Uncle Zucchini. She looks similar to Sunspot, but Moonbeam is blue and plays electric guitar (left-handed).
• Eggplant (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain) is Jet's aunt, Zucchini's wife, and Zerk's mom. She is an intergalactic travel writer just like Carrot and Celery.
• Zerk (voiced by Meg Roe) is Jet's cousin.{{cite episode |series=Ready Jet Go |title=Earth Mission to the Moon}} He calls Jet to ask when the first Earthie visited Bortron. He visits Earth in "Zerk Visits Earth". Zerk is very energetic and hyperactive. In "Whole Lotta Shakin'" and "Asteroid Belt Space Race", he is shown to be very competitive.
• Spinach is Celery's cousin.{{cite episode |series=Ready Jet Go |title=Sunspot and the Great Red Spot}} Celery calls him when the van/flying saucer is not working and she needs advice.

• Mitchell Peterson (voiced by Spencer Drever in season 1, David Raynolds in season 2, Dylan Schombing in One Small Step, Gordon Cormier in Space Camp) looks similar to Sean except that he wears glasses and a hat. Along with Mindy, he is younger than Jet, Sean, and Sydney. For his age, he appears to be smarter than Mindy, even knowing about and building an exact replica of the Saturn V rocket. Mitchell has a tendency to be sarcastic and sometimes blunt. He is suspicious of the Propulsion' behavior and always wants to expose Jet's alien identity but inevitably fails. Nonetheless, Jet is nice to him. A running gag in the series is whenever he is spying on Jet, Mindy sneaks up on him which he finds annoying. In "Holidays in Boxwood Terrace" it is revealed that he only pretends to be mean and he is really shy and wants to be friends with Jet, Sean, Sydney, and Mindy, but he doesn't know how to do it. In the end, the kids welcome him into their group. His grandfather was a farmer, which he mentions in "Eye in the Sky".
• Mr. Peterson is Mitchell's dad (voiced by Ian James Corlett) and addresses other people by their last names, calling Mitchell "Peterson" and using "Propulsion" to refer to Jet and Carrot. In the episode "Mindy's Weather Report" he calls himself the self-appointed safety officer for the neighborhood. He, like his son, can be a bit full of himself. He is an expert at playing mini-golf.{{cite episode |series=Ready Jet Go |title=Mindy's Weather Report}} He is also a big soccer fan.{{cite episode |series=Ready Jet Go |title=What's a Satellite?}}
• Dr. Rafferty (voiced by Keegan Connor Tracy) is Sean's scientist mother. She and her co-worker Berg appear in "Visit to Mom's Office". She helps Mindy identify a meteorite in "Mindy's Meteorite Stand". Dr. Rafferty is patient, smart, and loving. In "Visit to Mom's Office", she mentions that she felt like an alien when she was a child.
• Dr. Bergs{{cite episode |series={{PAGENAME}} |title=Project Pluto}} (voiced by Brian Drummond) is a man who works with Dr. Rafferty. They later appear as judges for the baking competition. Dr. Bergs can be rather silly at times. He loves drinking coffee and always has it in his hand. Sunspot always steals his watch.
• Dr. Melendez{{cite episode |series={{PAGENAME}} |title=Jet's First Halloween Part 2}} (voiced by Meg Roe) is Mindy's mother. She is heard calling to Mindy in "More Than One Moon" and was seen in "My Fair Jet".
• Riley is a kid in Sean, Sydney, and Mindy's school. He brought in his favorite snow globe for show and tell.{{cite episode

|series=Ready Jet Go |title=Project Pluto}} He is not shown.

• Lillian (voiced by Amelia Shoichet Stoll) is a friend of Mindy's. The two girls dig a small "Grand Canyon" in a sandbox while the Propulsions and the other children visit Valles Marineris on Mars.{{cite episode |series=Ready Jet Go |title=The Grandest Canyon}} Lillian is a girly girl but isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. She can be quite forgetful, seeing as how she told Mindy what her "surprise" present was.
• Lillian's mom (voiced by Ashleigh Ball) is heard in "Mindy Turns 5", when she calls Lillian because she has to go to class.
• Beep{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/media/pdf/coloring/beep.pdf |title=Beep |website=Pbskids.org |accessdate=2016-06-11}}{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/media/pdf/activities/BoopPaperCraftR4.pdf |title=Make Your Own Beep Space Rover |website=Pbskids.org |accessdate=2016-06-11}} is a robot who lives at the Deep Space Array (DSA). She has a twin sister, Boop, who is a Rover on Mars.
• Dr. Skelley (voiced by Brenda Crichlow) is Sydney's mom, who also works at the DSA. Like her daughter, she is also a fan of Commander Cressida. She is a robotics engineer.

• The Great Galacto (voiced by Mark Oliver) is Jet's idol. He's a TV and web personality who goes on daring space adventures. He speaks with a Scottish accent. Like Sunspot, he is allergic to comet dust, which causes him to shrink. He went to the far-off planet of Mascarpone to locate the cure, deshrinkulum.
• Stella Singularity (voiced by Viva Lee) was the Great Galacto's number-one fan until Jet took her place. Stella got jealous, and went to planet Earth to confront Jet, but winded up going to space camp, and was placed on Mitchell's team. Stella is sarcastic and narcissistic; she always wants to be the best at everything, does not understand teamwork, and is frequently seen primping herself. When she got stuck in a web in the caverns of Mascarpone, she realized the value of teamwork. From that point on, she apologizes to Jet for how she acted and is nicer to him and the others from that point on.
• Dr. Chandra (voiced by Ana Sani) is an astronomer and "expert on alien life", who visited Boxwood Terrace to judge the spaceship design contest at space camp. Mitchell tried to tell her that Jet is an alien, but to no avail.
• Aurora (voiced by Diana Tsoy) and Houston (voiced by Gabriel Jacob-Cross) are two kids who invite Mitchell and Stella to join their team. They love space, and emphasize the importance of teamwork.

The idea for the show dates back to the late 1990s when Linda Simensky complained to Bartlett about how "nobody makes shows about two friends anymore". From that idea, Bartlett came up with Lenny and Nate, a buddy comedy starring two eighth-graders, one of whom believes he is an alien.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzL_s3fdto|title=CMA Live: Craig Bartlett [PART 1]|via=YouTube|time=21:22|date=May 9, 2018|access-date=December 19, 2022}} It was pitched to Cartoon Network.{{cite web |title=Exclusive Cartoon Network Behind the Scenes Interviews: Craig Bartlett |url=http://fridays.toonzone.net/interviews-bartlett.html |website=Cartoon Network's Fridays: The Fansite |access-date=19 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310020056/http://fridays.toonzone.net/interviews-bartlett.html |archive-date=10 March 2007 |date=24 March 2004}} Years later, while working on Dinosaur Train, Bartlett revamped the idea to be educationally appropriate for PBS, with a specific focus on space and earth science, after he worked on a project for NASA called the Shuttle Launch Experience.{{citation|url=https://www.fatherly.com/play/craig-bartlett-ready-jet-go-q-and-a|title=Craig Bartlett Offers Kids a Front Row Seat to the New Space Race|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812124747/https://www.fatherly.com/play/craig-bartlett-ready-jet-go-q-and-a/|archive-date=2020-08-12|access-date=2022-12-19}} Lenny became Jet and Nate became Sean, while both characters were aged down from 13 to 10.{{citation|url=http://www.winddancer.com/film-tv/upcoming-tv/jet-propulsion|title=Jet Propulsion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115025611/http://www.winddancer.com/film-tv/upcoming-tv/jet-propulsion|archive-date=2013-01-15|access-date=2022-12-19}} The character of Sydney was added, and after testing the initial pilot of children, Mindy was added to appeal to a younger audience. The pilot was titled Jet Propulsion.

During production of the first season, PBS approved of everything that Bartlett and his team came up with, leaving no notes. However, during the second season, the team was approached by the Ready-to-Learn Act, thus bringing a new layer of oversight and executive meddling that made season 2 of the series "hard".{{cite thesis |last= Cirimele|first= Anna|date=2018-05-04|title= Elements of an Educational Television Series: Analyzing Successful Television Show Curriculum and Formatting |url= https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/b2773z110 |type= |chapter= |publisher=California State University |docket= |oclc= |access-date=2023-01-05}}

Ready Jet Go! has many songs; some have no lyrics.

1. Ready Jet Go! Theme Song{{cite web|url=https://cms-tc.pbskids.org/readyjetgowebsite/activity-pdfs/RJGThemeSong.pdf |title=Ready Jet Go! Song |website=Pbskids.org |access-date=2022-12-22}}
2. Commander Cressida Theme{{cite web|url=https://cms-tc.pbskids.org/readyjetgowebsite/activity-pdfs/CommanderCressidaTheme.pdf |title=Commander Cressida Theme |website=Pbskids.org |access-date=2022-12-22}}
3. How Come the Moon Has Craters?{{cite web|url=https://cms-tc.pbskids.org/readyjetgowebsite/activity-pdfs/HowComeTheMoonHasCraters.pdf |title=How Come the Moon Has Craters |website=Pbskids.org |access-date=2022-12-22}}
4. Night of a Bazillion Stars{{cite web|url=https://cms-tc.pbskids.org/readyjetgowebsite/activity-pdfs/NightOfaBazzilionStars.pdf|title=Night of a Bazillion Stars |website=Pbskids.org |access-date=2022-12-22}}
5. The Scientific Method Song{{cite web|url=https://cms-tc.pbskids.org/readyjetgowebsite/activity-pdfs/ScientificMethod.pdf |title=The Scientific Method Song |website=Pbskids.org |access-date=2022-12-22}}
6. The Solar System Song{{cite web|url=https://cms-tc.pbskids.org/readyjetgowebsite/activity-pdfs/SolarSystemLyrics.pdf |title=The Solar System Song |website=Pbskids.org |access-date=2022-12-22}}
7. Venus! (Earth's Broiling Hot Twin){{cite episode |series=Ready Jet Go |title=Tiny Blue Dot}}
8. Tiny Blue Dot
9. Intergalactic Travel Writers
10. The Milky Way
11. What Goes Up (Must Come Down) aka The Gravity Song
12. Enceladus vs. Europa aka Which Moon is Best?
13. Computers{{cite episode |series=Ready Jet Go |title=Face on the Fritz}} aka The Programming Ditty
14. Let's Fly Our Little Saucer to the Moon
15. The 3-Part Bortronian Meal aka Classic 3-Part Bortronian Meal
16. My Name is Mindy
17. Try Again
18. Beep's a Rovin' Superstar aka Jet's Beep Song
19. Cooking with Jet (no lyrics)
20. Asteroid Belt (no lyrics)
21. Building Boogie (no lyrics)
22. So Many Moons aka 67 Moons
23. Real Bortronian Deal
24. Bortronian is What I Am!
25. My Name is Jet
26. Lone Star!
27. I'm Not Afraid of Big Ideas
28. A Scientific Town
29. Is Your Planet Like My Planet?
30. There's No Planet Like My Planet
31. Take-off Ditty
32. The Bortron Solar System Song
33. That's How We Roll on Bortron 7
34. Just Add Water
35. It's a Neptune Kind of Day!
36. Earthday Birthday
37. You're Never Too Big for a Lullaby
38. Dear Santa, From Little Billy
39. Mindy's Toy-Building Ditty
40. Solar System Saucer-Sleigh
41. The Spirit of Christmas
42. Dear Little Frozen Pluto
43. A Star is Born!
44. I'm Finally Five!
45. The Outer Planets Song
46. Ice Skating in July
47. Heliocentric Ditty
48. Total Eclipse of the Sun
49. Space Racin'
50. Grow Plant, Grow!
51. Engineering Song
52. Potatoes on Mars
53. Potato Changes
54. Get Growin'
55. Every Day is Earth Day
56. The Super Saucer Song
57. Dear Great Galacto
58. Brother From Another Sunspot Mother
59. Super Hyperdrive
60. It Takes a Team
61. Space Hero

Due to the national success of Ready Jet Go!, the series has been distributed to countries around the world and dubbed into over 20 different languages, enabling it to become internationally successful as well.

In September 2016, the series premiered in Canada on Knowledge Network during the Knowledge Kids programming block. It also has aired on BBC Kids{{Cite web|url=https://kidscreen.com/2017/12/14/cake-goes-global-with-ready-jet-go/|title=CAKE goes global with Ready Jet Go!}} there. In November of that same year, the series premiered in South Korea on EBS1.{{Cite web|url=https://home.ebs.co.kr/jet/etc/1/htmlMenu|title=우주탐험가 젯 (우주탐험가 젯)|website=home.ebs.co.kr}} The Korean dub of the show was the first foreign-language dub to be produced and aired.

On January 25, 2017, the series started premiering in Israel on Educational 23,Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/7xlBayjKd2o Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210624213105/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xlBayjKd2o Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xlBayjKd2o| title = היכון הכן טוס | website=YouTube| date = 25 January 2017 }}{{cbignore}} and later on Kan Educational until November 14, 2020. On February 24 of that same year, the series premiered on Yle TV2 in Finland as part of the Pikku Kakkonen block, under the title Jetron matkaan.{{Cite web|url=http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2017/02/24/lahde-jetron-matkaan-pikku-kakkosessa|title=Lähde Jetron matkaan Pikku Kakkosessa!|website=yle.fi|date=24 February 2017 }} Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubs later premiered on Nat Geo Kids that same year, with the Spanish dub premiering on July 1 and the Portuguese dub on September 20.

In January 2017, the series premiered on LTV1 in Latvia. The show is broadcast in English with one man translating all the characters’ lines to Latvian in the form of a voiceover. On April 13, 2019, the second season premiered.{{Cite web|url=https://ltv.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/13.04.2019-tv-pirmizrade-animacijas-serials.-uzmanibu-gatavibu-kosmosa-2-1..id155645/|title=TV PIRMIZRĀDE! Animācijas seriāls. "Uzmanību, gatavību, kosmosā! 2" 1. Sērija|date=13 April 2019}}

Beginning February 17, 2021, the series began broadcasting on television in Russia.{{Cite web|url=http://kapitan.tv/info/news/na-start-vnimanie-vzlyot-premiera|title="На старт, внимание, взлёт!". Премьера!|website=kapitan.tv}} That same year, the series premiered June 28 on TV Derana in Sri Lanka with a Sinhala dub, and September 27 on Aqlvoy in Uzbekistan under the title Diqqat Jet Olg’a!

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media rated it a 5/5, saying "Thoroughly engaging and packed with educational content, this exceptional series is a fun way for kids to learn about science and astronomy. Jet's excitement for the human experience is matched only by Sean and Sydney's eagerness to learn all about outer space; put the three of them together, and it's a true celebration of the joy of discovery. Whether it's executing a rescue mission for a Mars rover or combining daily chores with experiments in force, Jet and his friends have a lot to teach kids through their own experiences."{{Cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/ready-jet-go|title=Ready Jet Go! - TV Review|date=2016-02-15|website=www.commonsensemedia.org|language=en|access-date=2023-01-05}}

Gina Catanzarite of Parent's Choice said "Although the vocabulary and science explanations may be beyond the scope of the youngest viewers, the premise, characters, interesting art direction and upbeat action should hold their attention. Older kids are more likely to grasp the facts and even if they don't remember them all, Ready Jet Go! will at the very least inspire curiosity, and plenty of questions when they take the time to gaze up at the skies above them."{{Cite web|last=Catanzarite|first=Gina|date=2017|title=Ready Jet Go! - Spring 2017 Television|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=34853&StepNum=1&award=aw|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205182250/http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=34853&StepNum=1&award=aw|archive-date=February 5, 2017|website=parents-choice.org}}

The series has gained 34.3 million viewers, according to PBS, including 10.2 million on broadcast television. It outperformed channel average by 32% in its first three weeks. The series has also been streamed over 146 million times on the PBS Kids website and app since January 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://cakeentertainment.com/catalogue/453|title=Ready Jet Go!|website=Cake Entertainment}}

• The series was awarded a Parents' Choice Silver Honor.
• The series won a Parents' Choice Award again in 2018.
• The online game Jet's Bot Builder won the 2019 Parent's Choice Silver Award.{{cite web |title=Navigate The Stars with Jet |url=https://www.twobulls.com/project/jetsbotbuilder |website=twobulls.com |access-date=12 May 2023}}
• The series was awarded a Common Sense Seal by Common Sense Media.{{cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews|title=TV Reviews - Kids TV - Common Sense Media|website=Commonsensemedia.org|access-date=12 February 2019}}
• Jaeda Lily Miller was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance as Mindy{{Cite web|title=2017 Nominations|url=http://youngartistawards.org/nominees|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130190410/http://youngartistawards.org/nominees|archive-date=January 30, 2017|website=youngartistawards.org}}
• Cynopsis Kids Imagination Awards:
• 2017: Nominated for Best Use of Music in a Kids Series, Educational Series/Special – STEM, Mobile App – Preschool, Preschool Series, and won Song for a TV Series/Special/Movie, tied with Splash and Bubbles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cynopsis.com/event/2017-cynopsis-kids-magination-awards-results/|title=2017 Cynopsis Kids !magination Awards - Results|date=2017-09-16|website=www.cynopsis.com|language=en|access-date=2023-01-05}}
• 2018: Won Best Use of Music in a Kids' Series, tied with Wonderama, Online Game tied with The Loud House: Lights Out, and was nominated for Preschool Series or Special.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cynopsis.com/events/2018-cynopsis-kids-imagination-awards/|title=2018 Cynopsis Kids Imagination Awards - Cynopsis Media|date=2018-09-25|website=www.cynopsis.com|language=en|access-date=2023-01-05}}
• Back to Bortron 7 was nominated for an Environmental Media Award for Children's Television.{{Cite web|url=https://www.green4ema.org/ema-awards/2018-ema-awards|title=EMA Awards 2018 -- Environmental Media Association|date=2018-05-22|website=www.green4ema.org|language=en|access-date=2023-01-05}}
• The Space Scouts app was a 2020 Webby Award honoree.{{cite web |title=Ready Jet Go! Space Scouts App |url=https://winners.webbyawards.com/2020/apps-dapps-and-software/general-apps/family-kids/128351/ready-jet-go-space-scouts-app |website=webbyawards.com |access-date=12 May 2023}}
• At the 2017 KidsScreen Awards, the Space Explorer app was nominated for Best Learning App—Smartphone, and the show's website was nominated for Best Website.{{cite web |title=Nickelodeon, Sprout lead Kidscreen Awards finalists |url=https://kidscreen.com/2016/12/05/nickleodeon-sprout-lead-kidscreen-awards-finalists/ |website=Kidscreen.com |access-date=13 May 2023}}

In 2021, two years after the show's final episode aired, Bartlett confirmed that new songs were being recorded for the series.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CSrgGIwn5GY/|title=Craig Bartlett on Instagram: "I get to record Jet songs this week with my old pals @ashperson and @jimlangmusic! Excelsior!!"}} A year later, he confirmed on The Arun Mehta Show podcast that the songs were for an 80-minute Ready Jet Go! movie in production for Universal Pictures. The film was in animation up until October 2022, and entered post-production in spring 2023.{{cite AV media|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/26th-hey-arnold-anniversary-show-with-craig-bartlett/id868337237?i=1000581951504|title=26th Hey Arnold! Anniversary Show with Craig Bartlett!|via=Apple Podcasts|time=40:44|date=October 7, 2022|access-date=October 22, 2022}} The movie, entitled Ready Jet Go!: Space Camp, premiered on July 20, 2023, serving as the series finale.{{cite web |title=Schedule Program - WGTE Public Media |url=https://www.wgte.org/schedules/program/hd/ready-jet-go-space-camp/episode-0/07-24-2023/07-00-00 |website=WGTE |access-date=1 May 2023}}

The plot of the movie revolves around Jet and the rest of Team Propulsion heading to Space Camp. However, Sunspot develops an allergic reaction, prompting the team to go on an intergalactic adventure to find the cure and return to Space Camp before Mitchell finds out.{{cite web |title=READY JET GO!: SPACE CAMP |url=https://schedule.whro.org/program?programid=33242 |website=WHRO TV and Radio Schedules |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=Next on PBS Kids |url=https://www.scetv.org/stories/2023/next-pbs-kids |website=SCETV |access-date=3 June 2023}}

PBS Kids and Two Moos created ten online games based on the show:

1. Sydney's Astro-Tracker{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/games/sydneys-astro-tracker|title=Ready Jet Go! . Games . Sydney's Astro Tracker - PBS KIDS|website=Pbskids.org|access-date=2016-06-11}}
2. Mindy's Constellation Exploration{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/games/sydney/|title=Ready Jet Go! . Games . Mindy's Constellation Exploration - PBS KIDS|website=Pbskids.org|access-date=2016-06-11}}
3. Sean's Rescue Quest{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/games/seans-rescue-quest|title=Ready Jet Go! . Games . Sean's Rescue Quest - PBS KIDS|website=Pbskids.org|access-date=2016-06-11}}
4. Jet's Planet Pinball
5. Jet's Rocket Ship Creator
6. Mission Earth
7. Mindy's Moonball
8. Jet's Bot Builder
9. Rover Maker{{cite web|url=https://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/games/rover-maker|title=Ready Jet Go! . Games . Rover Maker - PBS KIDS|website=Pbskids.org}}
10. Cooking School{{cite web|url=https://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/games/cooking-school|title=Ready Jet Go!. Games. Cooking School - PBS KIDS|website=Pbskids.org}}
11. Food Farmer
12. Base Builder
13. Mission Control
14. Space Scouts Lab
15. Space Scouts (Game/Achievement Hub with trans-game awards for Space Scouts Games)

Also on iTunes:

1. Space Explorer{{cite web|url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ready-jet-go-space-explorer/id1071913738|title=Ready Jet Go! Space Explorer on the App Store|website=Pbskids.org|access-date=2016-06-11}} released 7 April 2016

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• {{Official website|https://pbskids.org/readyjetgo}}
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