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Space Shuttle: Triumph and Tragedy

1 Series ∙ 2 Episodes ∙ Engineering

The inside story of NASA's iconic, reusable spacecraft, featuring the thoughts of some of the men and women who designed, built and flew them.

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All episodes for series 1 of Space Shuttle: Triumph and Tragedy

S1 E1

NASA engineers reveal how they pushed technology's limits when they created the Shuttle.

S1 E2

Following the Challenger disaster, the Shuttle was saved by the fall of the Soviet Union.

The Architecture the Railways Built

Underground Worlds

The Buildings That Fought Hitler

Guy Martin's World War 1 Tank

Guy Martin's Lancaster Bomber

How Britain Worked

Guy Martin's Spitfire

Forbidden History

Cleopatra's Lost Tomb

England's Forgotten Queen: The Life & Death of Lady Jane Grey

American History's Biggest Fibs

Yorkshire Steam Railways