Keesha, Robert, Chip, and Kim just joined the astronomy club at school, run by the science teacher, Miss Kepler. The children are eager to see the planets through the telescope, and Miss Kepler sleepily tells them they would see Mars in twenty minutes. Miss Kepler then takes a nap in her chair. Keesha looks through the telescope and finds Barney. The other children run to greet their purple friend. Then, Barney and the children look at the stars. Afterwards, Kim looks through the telescope to find an unusual planet. On that planet, there is a little girl, and she is waving at them. When Chip, Keesha and Robert want to take a look too, they end up disorganizing the telescope's position and Kim is unable to find the right spot. Undaunted, Kim and the others decide that they should meet the young girl, so Barney transforms Robert's toy rocket into a very big one. Space suits magically appear on the children. Then, Barney and the children go inside the rocket, countdown to blastoff, then fly off to the unusual planet they saw. , Barney and the children in the Astronomy Club look through their telescope and see someone staring right back at them! Using the power of imagination, Barney, Barney in Outer Space is a 1998 direct-to-video Barney Home Video that was released on March 17, 1998. Directed by Fred Holmes and written by Stephen White. Keesha, Robert, Chip, and Kim just joined the astronomy club at school, run by the science teacher, Miss Kepler..