Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
From reuse to energy generation, new innovations across five continents are explored in this documentary about building a future for sustainable water.
Space Shuttle Challenger
Tragedy struck when the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated just 73 seconds into flight. Hours earlier, engineers argued to cancel the launch, amid fears of such a tragedy – so why did it go ahead?
Hitler's Secret Science
During the Second World War, to give himself every chance of winning the conflict, Adolf Hitler instructed the most brilliant German scientists to develop advanced technology weapons of mass destruction. Among them were the V1, the first cruise missile, and the V2, the first ballistic missile. The document looks back at the context in which their creators worked and succeeded in designing innovations that laid the foundations of modern aviation and aerospace.
A Bird that Knows Its Way
Hoa is a young engineer and computer specialist who arranges the database of an institution. She is hardworking, yet her dedication goes unnoticed, and her boss dismisses her work and expertise as “redundant”.
Days that Shocked the World: Concorde
Concorde was an icon of the skies. But after Air France Flight 4590 crashed with the loss of all on board, investigators discovered a shockingly simple explanation for the catastrophe.