Timeline of events

The following is a rough **timeline** of events that occur in *Ready Jet Go!*, in chronological order and with evidence.

## 1850s

We guess that this happened in the 1850s, since the series takes place in Washington, which became a territory in 1853.

* Lone Star arrives to Boxwood Territory, now known as Boxwood Terrace, and builds the observatory that would later become the Deep Space Array (*Lone Star)*
* Some time later, Lone Star returns and builds the first rocket.

## 1970s

Given that Jet is 10 in Earth years (see here), and 63 in Earth years (*Earthday Birthday*), that would make 1 Earth year equal to six Bortronian years. Carrot turns 250 Bortronian years old in *Moon Circus*, which would make him approximately 42 in Earth years. That episode premiered in 2019, which would mean he was born in the 1970s, and thus, this likely goes for all of the other parents in the series.

* Dr. Rafferty, Dr. Bergs, Amy Skelley, Mr. Peterson, Carrot Propulsion, and Celery Propulsion are all born.

## 1980s

* The DATA-BOX computer is invented (in the official description of *Face on the Fritz*, it is stated that the bulky computer that the kids use in the episode is from the 80s. *"In the meantime FACE 9000’s “substitute,” the “DATA-BOX,” is an old Earth computer from the early 1980s."*)
* The first issue of the Commander Cressida comics is released. (In *Commander Cressida Begins*, Dr. Skelley states that she received the comic when she was Sydney's age. Sydney is 10, and since Skelley was likely born in the 1970s, she would be 10 in the 1980s.)

## 1990s

* Dr. Rafferty and Dr. Bergs go to college together (in *Visit to Mom's Office,* Bergs says that The Scientific Method song was "our fight song in school." Also, people, on average, begin college when they are 17 or 18 years old or older, which means that Bergs and Rafferty would be that age in the 1990s.)

## 2000s

* Carrot and Celery start dating and eventually get married. (*Date Night)*

### 2006

* Jet Propulsion, Sean Rafferty, and Sydney Skelley are all born. Jet says in *Earthday Birthday* that he is the same age as Sean and Sydney in Earth years, and as we have established above, Jet is 10 in Earth years, which means Sean and Sydney are too. Since the show began in 2016, that means they would all be born in 2006.
* While Jet was a baby, the new saucer dashboard makes the saucer go crazy and cause Baby Jet to cry. However, Sunspot Propulsion cheered him up (*Sunday Drive)*.
* On August 24, Pluto is demoted to a dwarf planet. Dr. Rafferty states that she personally did not vote on it. (*Project Pluto)*.

## 2010s

* Mitchell Peterson is born. His age is hard to tell, given that he's taller than Mindy, but hangs around with her often. It is unknown if he's significantly older than her or if he's just tall for his age.

### 2012

* Mindy Melendez is born (Mindy is 4 at the start of the show, and since it began in 2016, this means she would be born in 2012.)
* Lillian is born (She seems to be around the same age as Mindy.)

### 2014

* Mitchell wins the kid-kart derby (in *Kid-Kart Derby,* Sean says that Mitchell won for the past two years.)

### 2015

* Mitchell wins the kid-kart derby for the second year in a row.

### 2016

#### June

* The Propulsion family discovers the planet Earth and they land on Boxwood Terrace (in *How Come the Moon Changes Shape?*, the song Let's Fly Our Little Saucer to the Moon has the lyric "It's a perfect Earthie evening in June," and in *Satellite Selfie,* it's revealed that the Propulsions landed on Earth in the summer.)
* June 19: the gang celebrates Father's Day (*Asteroids, Meteors, and Meteorites)*.

#### Summer

* The kids learn why the moon appears to change shape (*How Come the Moon Changes Shape?)*.
* Mindy has what is presumably her fourth birthday (*Mindy's Moon Bounce House.* They never said how old she turned, but since she was four at the start of the show, she likely turned four in this episode.)
* The kids sell sno-cones (*Ice Moon Enceladus)*.
* Mindy participates in the Boxwood Terrace Kids' Baking Contest and wins (*Solar System Bake-Off!)*.
* Mitchell wins the kid-kart derby for the third year in a row (*Kid-Kart Derby)*.
* The kids learn what makes Earth so special compared to other planets, and learn to appreciate it more (*Tiny Blue Dot)*.
* Sometime before October, Face 9000 receives an upgrade (*Face on the Fritz)*. We know that it takes place before October because Face appeared with his new look in *Jet's First Halloween*.

#### October

* October 31: Jet celebrates Halloween for the first time, and the kids witness a lunar eclipse (*Jet's First Halloween)*.

#### November

* The kids witness the Leonid Meteor Shower (*Mindy in Space.* The Leonid Meteor Shower usually happens in November).

#### December

* Jet celebrates Christmas for the first time (*Holidays in Boxwood Terrace)*.

### 2017

#### February

* Jet learns about Valentine's Day, and the kids make a valentine for Pluto (*From Pluto with Love)*.

#### Sometime before Mindy's birthday

* The Propulsions, Sean, and Sydney visit Bortron 7 (*Back to Bortron 7)*

#### Summer

* The kids go swimming in the lake (in *Endless Summer,* Jet recalls swimming in the lake in the summer).
* The kids go to the beach (in *The Tide is High,* the kids mention that they went to the beach 'last year.')
* Mindy celebrates her fifth birthday and can finally go to space. (*Mindy Turns Five)*.
* The kid-kart derby is held once again, this time with the karts being solar powered. Mitchell comes in third place, breaking his winning streak. (*Racing on Sunshine)*.

#### June

* It's been one year since the Propulsions arrived on Earth, so the earthies throw Jet an "Earthday Birthday" party (*Earthday Birthday)*.

#### July

* The kids go to Neptune for the first time (in *Sean's Neptune Tune,* Sean says that there will be an eclipse next month. The eclipse happened in August).
* An ice-rink is created around the Propulsion house (*Mindy's Ice Rink,* which contains the song Ice Skating in July).

#### August

* The kids witness a solar eclipse (*Total Eclipse of the Sunspot)*.

#### October

* Jet enters the pumpkin contest, and Mindy goes trick-or-treating with Mitchell and Lillian (*That's One Gigantic Pumpkin, Jet Propulsion!* In the episode, Mindy says "Remember last Halloween, when we saw a witch fly on a broom, across the moon?" That happened in *Jet's First Halloween*, which proves that this episode takes place one year after that).

#### December

* The gang travels the globe in search of summer (*Endless Summer.* In the episode, they mention that the events of *Holidays in Boxwood Terrace* happened "last year," and that Christmas is in "just a few days.")

### 2018

#### January

* The citizens of Boxwood Terrace take down their Christmas decorations, and Mindy has a sleepover with Lillian (*Our Sun is a Star!)*

#### March

* March 17: Jet learns about St. Patrick's Day and attempts to find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. (*Bortron Leprechaun)*.

#### May

* May 12: The gang celebrates Mother's Day (*Mars Rock For Mom*).

#### Summer

* The kids return to the beach, and are perplexed to find that the ocean has "moved" (*The Tide is High*).

### 2019

#### July

* The kids celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, which happened in 1969 (*One Small Step)*.

## Unknown

These episodes may have references to continuity, but it is unknown where exactly they fit in on the timeline.

* Mindy finds a giant meteorite (*Mindy's Meteorite Stand*).
* The kids witness the Aurora Borealis (*Mindy Pet-sits*. In the episode, Mindy's meteorite appears again).
* *Asteroid Belt Space Race* takes place two months after *Space Race*, wherein Celery and Zucchini agree to race again in two months.
* The Deep Space Array holds a total eclipse block party (*Total Eclipse Block Party*).
* The saucer got an upgrade likely not too long before Mindy's fifth birthday (*Souped-Up Saucer*).
* In *Moon Circus,* Carrot celebrates his 250th birthday in Bortronian years, which would make him 42 in Earth years. However, it is unknown whether this episode takes place in 2018 or 2019.
* *Sean Has a Cold* takes place in the spring.