Series
America's Secret Space Heroes
Documentary
The inside stories of how the unknown engineers of NASA created such superior machines as the Saturn V moon rocket, the Space Shuttle, and the Hubble Space Telescope, often against incredible odds.
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Seasons & episodes
1Saturn V14 May 2017 · 45mWitness the incredible story of the engineers who built the mighty rocket that put man on the moon: the Saturn V.
2Lunar Module21 May 2017 · 45mSee how a team of engineers, through ingenuity and dogged determination, built the spacecraft that put man on the moon.
3Space Shuttle28 May 2017 · 45mSee how NASA engineers met the challenge to build a spacecraft that can launch like a rocket and land like an airplane.
4Space Station4 Jun 2017 · 45mSee how a shared goal to build a space station brought Cold War enemies together and inspired visionary breakthroughs.
5Hubble Telescope11 Jun 2017 · 45mThe history of the Hubble Telescope, as told by the brilliant minds and mavericks who built and repaired it.
6Viking Mars Mission18 Jun 2017 · 45mThe inside story of Project Viking and the incredible ingenuity that put the first spacecraft on Mars.
Details
- First aired
- 14 May 2017
- Last aired
- 18 Jun 2017
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Smithsonian Channel
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 1 on TMDB
