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America's Secret Space Heroes

  • 2017
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~45m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.0/10

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.

Latest: Season 1 · 2017

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  1. E1. Saturn V

    May 14, 2017 · 45m

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

  2. E2. Lunar Module

    May 21, 2017 · 45m

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

  3. E3. Space Shuttle

    May 28, 2017 · 45m

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

  4. E4. Space Station

    Jun 4, 2017 · 45m

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

  5. E5. Hubble Telescope

    Jun 11, 2017 · 45m

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

  6. E6. Viking Mars Mission

    Jun 18, 2017 · 45m

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

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