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"Solar Sailors" is the ninth episode of the first season of Back to the Future: The Animated Series. It first aired on November 16, 1991.
Brief synopsis
Plot
On December 15, 1991, Jules and Verne wish their parents a happy anniversary and surprise them with gifts. Jules has discovered, through his own invention (the "JEB Cross-Time Headliner") that December 15, 2091 will be the date of McFly Space Cruises' first voyage to the planet Mars. Using a flux capacitor, a fax machine and "Father's credit card", Jules has also purchased two tickets for Doc and Clara. Moments after their parents have departed, the boys get another headline from the future that says "McFly Solar Sailship Lost In Space!", and set off in the time train to prevent the disaster.
The ship MSC Marty is preparing to launch, captained by Marta McFly, Marty and Jennifer's great-granddaughter. However, MSC's employee, Ziff Tannen, has deliberately sabotaged the ship, removing a sail support bolt a moment before the launch. Jules and Verne are brought to the space center by a taxicab, but a problem in paying the fare keeps them from reaching the ship in time. Minutes later, the solar sail collapses, and the MSC Marty is adrift in space.
On Earth, Jules and Verne gain admission to the McFly Museum of Aeronautics by sneaking in with a group of fifth graders from Dan Quayle Elementary School. Inside the museum, they see the MSC Jennifer, the first solar-sail spaceship. Jules proves that the MSC Marty has been sabotaged and that Ziff Tannen had committed the crime, and he and Verne are able to borrow the Jennifer in order to rescue the stranded space cruise.