Americas Secret Space Heroes

Learn the remarkable story of the engineers across America who worked together to build the most complex and powerful machine ever made, with the goal of reaching a seemingly impossible destination.

Four days after Apollo 11 thundered skyward from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to set foot upon the moon, thanks to a marvel of engineering: the lunar module.

Relive the Space Shuttle Columbia’s incredible 30-year history, from its groundbreaking achievements to its heartbreaking failures, as told by the people who designed, built, and flew this magnificent flying machine.

Discover the inside story of the International Space Station. See how NASA engineers triumphed over decades of seemingly insurmountable obstacles to develop Skylab, Space Station Freedom, and finally the International Space Station.

The Hubble Telescope, launched in 1990, has captured unparalleled views of the universe, transforming modern astronomy and transfixing the world with its spectacular images. This is the inside story of the team of engineers who built it.

After the success of the first manned moon landing, NASA raised the stakes by aiming for a new destination millions of miles away: Mars. This is the inside story of the challenges faced by the engineers and scientists who built Project Viking.