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.

Sally Ride's groundbreaking journey as the first American woman in space concealed a deeply personal...

A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the m...

The Space Race comes alive through the eyes of the ultimate insider - retired NASA Mission Control F...

Move over, King Tut: There's a new pharaoh on the scene. A team of top archaeologists and forensics ...

A brief visualisation of NASA’s historic spacecrafts Mariner, Pioneer, Voyager, and Dawn, exploring ...

One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps is the dramatic and moving real-life tale of the Unite...

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

A heartwarming story about a precautious, 8-year-old girl exploring the world with her globetrotting...

The wonders of the universe have long propelled our insatiable desire to learn more about who we are...

A group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtai...

July 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are 240,000 miles from earth facing the most ha...

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

A documentary about the Apollo 17 mission to the Taurus-Littrow on the moon, the final lunar landing...

WBGU-TV celebrates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing (July 2019) with a special collection of...

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

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

With more than 27 years of service, the space shuttle Discovery has clocked more time in space than ...

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

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

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