Secrets of the Universe

S01E01 SLS: NASA's Mega Rocket

March 10, 2022 7.0 51 min

NASA’s Space Launch System is the most powerful rocket ever built. This is the story of the incredible engineering that went into building it, told first-hand by NASA’s best rocket engineers. Building the rocket that...

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S01E02 James Webb: The $10 Billion Space Telescope

March 17, 2022 8.0 50 min

This is the story of the James Webb Space Telescope, told by the people who have devoted their lives to it. It is the world’s largest, most advanced, and most expensive telescope, and building it...

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S01E03 Skylab: NASA’s First Space Station

March 24, 2022 52 min

Before the ISS, there was Skylab: NASA’s first mission to build a home beyond our planet. This is the spectacular story of the first astronauts who lived on a space station, and the incredible things...

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S01E04 To the Moon and Beyond

March 31, 2022 52 min

We’re going back to the moon. This episode explores how we did it in the past and how and why we will do it again. The moon is critical to future exploration. It will be...

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S01E05 Hunting for Earth's Twin

April 7, 2022 52 min

In just one generation, our ability to search for planets beyond our solar system has transformed. With modern techniques and telescopes, planetary scientists have found thousands of exoplanets in our universe, and many of them...

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S01E06 Finding Life on Mars

April 14, 2022 52 min

For decades, scientists have dreamed of finding life on Mars. But despite their best efforts, no signs of life have been found. Could that be about to change? This is the story of the scientists...

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S01E07 Chasing Black Holes

April 21, 2022 52 min

This is the story of two of the biggest scientific breakthroughs of the 21st century, told by the incredible scientists who made them happen. The first is LIGO’s measurement of gravitational waves coming from a...

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S01E08 How did the Universe Begin?

April 28, 2022 52 min

Scientists on the BICEP and Planck missions are attempting to solve a mystery about the earliest moments of our universe, by searching for patterns in the cosmic microwave background. If successful, the missions will help...

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