America's Secret Space Heroes (2017)
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.
America's Secret Space Heroes: Season 1 - 6 Episode s
1x1 - 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.
1x2 - 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.
1x3 - 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.
1x4 - Space Station
June 4, 2017
See how a shared goal to build a space station brought Cold War enemies together and inspired visionary breakthroughs.
1x5 - Hubble Telescope
June 11, 2017
The history of the Hubble Telescope, as told by the brilliant minds and mavericks who built and repaired it.
1x6 - 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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