
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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2017-05-14
Aired 2017-05-14
Witness the incredible story of the engineers who built the mighty rocket that put man on the moon: the Saturn V.

2017-05-21
Aired 2017-05-21
See how a team of engineers, through ingenuity and dogged determination, built the spacecraft that put man on the moon.

2017-05-28
Aired 2017-05-28
See how NASA engineers met the challenge to build a spacecraft that can launch like a rocket and land like an airplane.

2017-06-04
Aired 2017-06-04
See how a shared goal to build a space station brought Cold War enemies together and inspired visionary breakthroughs.

2017-06-11
Aired 2017-06-11
The history of the Hubble Telescope, as told by the brilliant minds and mavericks who built and repaired it.

2017-06-18
Aired 2017-06-18
The inside story of Project Viking and the incredible ingenuity that put the first spacecraft on Mars.
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