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Host and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson sets off on the Ship of the Imagination to discover Earth's Cosmic Address and its coordinates in space and time in the all-new "Standing Up in the Milky Way" Series Premiere episode of COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY airing Sunday, March 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX and simultaneously across multiple U.S. Fox networks, including National Geographic Channel, FX, FXX, FXM, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Mundo and FOX Life. © 2014 FOX BROADCASTING CR: Richard Foreman Jr./FOX COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY: More than three decades after Carl Sagan's groundbreaking and iconic series, "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage," it's time once again to set sail for the stars. Host and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson sets off on the Ship of the Imagination to discover Earth's Cosmic Address and its coordinates in space and time in the all-new "Standing Up in the Milky Way" Series Premiere episode of COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY airing Sunday, March 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX and simultaneously across multiple U.S. Fox networks, including National Geographic Channel, FX, FXX, FXM, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Mundo and FOX Life. © 2014 FOX BROADCASTING CR: Richard Foreman Jr./FOX Richard Foreman Jr.—FOX by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Mar 8, 2014 9:09 PM UTC President Barack Obama will [launch](https://www.facebook.com/notes/cosmos/president-barack-obama-to-introduce-series-premiere-of-cosmos-a-spacetime-odysse/593482310737415) the reboot of Carl Sagan’s classic show _Cosmos_ Sunday night with a message that will invite viewers to embrace a “spirit of discovery,” Fox News says. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will headline the new _Cosmos_, a joint National Geographic and Fox Network show that will combine CGI fiction and science in an exploration of the universe and humanity’s part in it. Fox says that Obama’s opening video message “invites a new generation to embrace the spirit of discovery and inspires viewers to explore new frontiers and imagine limitless possibilities for the future.” The show premieres Sunday night at 9PM EST. “_Cosmos_, I think, will reignite the fires of curiosity that I know live within us all,” said Tyson. 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