The complex engineering challenges that make re-entry into the earth's atmosphere so dangerous. Scientists have labored for years to bring a crew safely home in what is essentially a meteorite, wrapped in a cocoon of fire, hurtling towards earth six times faster than the fastest bullet. Scientific experts from NASA explain the significance of Columbia's events as they unfolded, offer insights into what may have caused them and how those key events contributed to the shuttle’s ultimate destruction.

A filmmaker returns to a house from his past where a great tragedy happened, in order to find a clos...

In the summer of 1977, NASA sent Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on an epic journey into interstellar space....

Explores achievements of Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command a spacecraft, paving t...

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the l...

Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and...

With access to the scientists and engineers responsible for the Curiosity rover's on-the-ground expe...

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

It follows a group of investigators as they return to the nuclear zone in Fukushima to uncover the s...

From the unique vantage point of 200 miles above Earth's surface, we see how natural forces - volcan...

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

National Geographic and NASA are sending you into space - live! For the first time ever, board the I...

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to ...

The Academy Award® nominee Cosmic Voyage combines live action with state-of-the-art computer-generat...
On December 21, Nicolas Vanier will set off with his pack on a new expedition called L’Odyssée sauva...

The adventures and exploits of Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936), an intrepid scientist and explorer...

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

NASA's biggest spacecraft, Cassini, plunges into Saturn in the final act of a 20-year mission showca...

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

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

Horizon visits state-of-the-art laboratories and uses CGI to recreate the science-fiction-worthy wea...