America's Secret Space Heroes

May. 14,2017      TV-PG
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis

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 1 : 2017

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Episode 1 - Saturn V
May. 14,2017

Witness the incredible story of the engineers who built the mighty rocket that put man on the moon: the Saturn V.

Episode 2 - Lunar Module
May. 21,2017

See how a team of engineers, through ingenuity and dogged determination, built the spacecraft that put man on the moon.

Episode 3 - Space Shuttle
May. 28,2017

See how NASA engineers met the challenge to build a spacecraft that can launch like a rocket and land like an airplane.

Episode 4 - Space Station
June. 04,2017

See how a shared goal to build a space station brought Cold War enemies together and inspired visionary breakthroughs.

Episode 5 - Hubble Telescope
June. 11,2017

The history of the Hubble Telescope, as told by the brilliant minds and mavericks who built and repaired it.

Episode 6 - Viking Mars Mission
June. 18,2017

The inside story of Project Viking and the incredible ingenuity that put the first spacecraft on Mars.

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