The sun is the biggest source of energy in the solar system. Innovators are searching for new ways to capture more of the sun's power.
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THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM - The first re-useable spacecraft. THE CHALLENGER DISASTER - Pressing launch schedules lead to carelessness and the loss of the Challenger. RETURN TO SPACE - A re-designed shuttle is back in space with a redefined role.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END - After the first Moon landing the Apollo science program was about to start in earnest but people were losing interest. APOLLO GETS COMPLICATED - New technology is added that extends the reach of the Apollo program.
TO THE MOON - The Apollo program achieves its major objective. DRAGON, FALCON AND SPACEX - New directions in re-usable spacecraft. GAIA - Mapping our galaxy in unprecedented detail.
BEYOND EARTH ORBIT - The Apollo program takes bold new steps. IXV RE-ENTRY VEHICLE - Europe is working to perfect a re-entry vehicle. GALILEO SATELLITES LOST AND FOUND - Navigation satellites go into incorrect orbit.
In this episode, we explore all the ways in which wars in space might be fought and who stands to make a pretty penny developing space-age weaponry.
To The Moon – From Dream To Reality looks back at the people and the technology of the Apollo era.
An uncompromising show of power, the military coup is an age-old method to violently and often secretly topple governments and take control by force. This episode goes behind the scenes of some of the greatest coups in recent history.
The remarkable story of how Stalin's massive war factories were dismantled and moved east on one and half million railway trucks, to avoid being lost to the Nazis.
The story of America's `Liberty Ships', which were produced in incredible numbers and became known as the Model T Fords of the ocean.
This film follows the emerging world of Electric Vehicles, the infrastructure needed for them, and the radical change we must make to the way we think about transport.
The sun is the biggest source of energy in the solar system. Innovators are searching for new ways to capture more of the sun's power.
Shipping companies and engineers are creating new machines to make their industry greener using a resource that has moved man across oceans for thousands of years... winds.
Terry and Larry will test 3 scenes from Denzel Washington's Equalizer films. Can Terry be as cool as Denzel and use propane tanks and a microwave to create an explosion, use a staple gun to take out the bad guy, or create a scenario where a flash bang will ignite a room full of baking flour?,
Terry channels his inner Dr. Jones and tests 1 scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade containing 3 different tests, two of which they will need a tank for. The duo will travel down to Uvalde, TX to visit Drivetanks.com to see if a tank round will topple over a car, and if a 9mm round can travel through three Germans.,
Terry gets to relive part of his military carrier by attempting the famous sniper shot from Saving Private Ryan, and Larry and Terry demonstrate how sniper technology has developed over the years and test some amazing sniper shots.,
Terry goes back to paratrooper school and will see how difficult it was for soldiers engaging the enemy while parachuting down to safety on D-Day. He will attempt with 3 different weapons to hit several targets while descending from the air.,
Dennis Hong is the director of Robotics Mechanics Laboratory at UCLA and has invented numerous new robots earning the nickname the Leonardo da Vinci of Robots.,
The steam train reached its zenith in the Old World, and in the New World trains like the Burlington Zephyr were part pf the race for modernity.
A look at how the railroad ended slavery in the United States, whilst the British Empire used them to oppress and enslave people under their rule in India and Africa.
Explore with us the most destructive tornadoes in history, why could no one predict it?
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