America's Secret Space Heroes
★ 7 · 2017 · 45m · Documentary
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.
Episodes
1. Saturn V45m · Witness the incredible story of the engineers who built the mighty rocket that put man on the moon: the Saturn V.
2. Lunar Module45m · See how a team of engineers, through ingenuity and dogged determination, built the spacecraft that put man on the moon.
3. Space Shuttle45m · See how NASA engineers met the challenge to build a spacecraft that can launch like a rocket and land like an airplane.
4. Space Station45m · See how a shared goal to build a space station brought Cold War enemies together and inspired visionary breakthroughs.
5. Hubble Telescope45m · The history of the Hubble Telescope, as told by the brilliant minds and mavericks who built and repaired it.
6. Viking Mars Mission45m · The inside story of Project Viking and the incredible ingenuity that put the first spacecraft on Mars.More Like This
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