Travel into the world of aviation and explore the dreams of flight with the Smithsonian as they step into the unknown.

Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus in...

On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing to...

This feature-length documentary is a portrait of eclipse chasers, people for whom solar eclipses - a...

In one single, epic camera move we journey from Earth's surface to the outermost reaches of the univ...

Travel alongside the astronauts as they deploy and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, soar above Ven...

Wings Over Water tells the fascinating story of naval aviation's critical role in making the U.S. a ...

It was November 12, 2014, at 5:03pm. Humanity had just accomplished a feat that will forever mark it...

The 1960s was an extraordinary time for the United States. Unburdened by post-war reparations, Ameri...

The wonders of the universe have long propelled our insatiable desire to learn more about who we are...
A short documentary about Fritz Lang's film 'Frau im Mond', and its relation to the science and hist...

Join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the myste...

Did Mars ever have life on it? To answer this question, Europe and Russia have launched a unique and...

Some 220 miles above Earth lies the International Space Station, a one-of-a-kind outer space laborat...

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting t...

It's June 1942 and the world's fate is about to be decided by a handful of pilots and their untested...

CERN and the University of California-Santa Barbara are collaborating in the search for the elusive ...
Comets pose one of the greatest threats to life on Earth - a threat that can only be countered if we...

The film features amazing scenes of places never before seen gathered by key space missions that cul...

This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer hom...