The concept of an elevator to space is not new. In the world of Arthur C. Clarke, it is a natural progression. What most people don't know is that men and women around the world are working hard to build it right this moment. Some want to solve the energy crisis, some want easier access to raw materials in the solar system, and some just want to travel to space and gaze upon their home planet. For all of them though, the elevator is more than just a science fiction plot, it is a way of life. Discover what happens when egos and passions collide in a quest to build the impossible.

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An experimental film about the relation of Time and Space.

In unusual circumstances, scientists from different countries work together to achieve a common scie...

What if you could get behind the wheel and race through space? We scale down the Solar System to the...

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

In the year 1957 the cold war expands to space. The Soviet-Union sends Sputnik as the first manmade ...

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

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

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

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

National Geographic and NASA are sending you into space - live! For the first time ever, board the I...
A short documentary about Fritz Lang's film 'Frau im Mond', and its relation to the science and hist...

Top Gear presenter James May presents this informative program that examines the historic moon missi...

A new age of space exploration, and exploitation, is dawning. But surprisingly, some of the boldest ...

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

Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus in...
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The film features amazing scenes of places never before seen gathered by key space missions that cul...

The show tells a thrilling story of the most remarkable space mission in human history.