About this season
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.
Episodes (6)
1. Saturn V
Aired 14 May 2017 • 45 min
Witness the incredible story of the engineers who built the mighty rocket that put man on the moon: the Saturn V.
2. Lunar Module
Aired 21 May 2017 • 45 min
See how a team of engineers, through ingenuity and dogged determination, built the spacecraft that put man on the moon.
3. Space Shuttle
Aired 28 May 2017 • 45 min
See how NASA engineers met the challenge to build a spacecraft that can launch like a rocket and land like an airplane.
4. Space Station
Aired 4 June 2017 • 45 min
See how a shared goal to build a space station brought Cold War enemies together and inspired visionary breakthroughs.
5. Hubble Telescope
Aired 11 June 2017 • 45 min
The history of the Hubble Telescope, as told by the brilliant minds and mavericks who built and repaired it.
6. Viking Mars Mission
Aired 18 June 2017 • 45 min
The inside story of Project Viking and the incredible ingenuity that put the first spacecraft on Mars.