Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World — Season 1, Episode 5: The Rocket
Documentary • 60 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 7.8/10
Episode synopsis
Learn the explosive history of the rocket, from its origin in ancient China, to its use as a weapon of war, to how adding hydrogen allowed it to carry astronauts all the way to the moon.
About Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything.