Air & Space Smithsonian: Dreams of Flight - Higher Faster Farther

The story of the rivalry between Boeing and Airbus is no doubt one of the greatest human and technological adventures of the 20th century. A...

Uncover clues about the origins of our galaxy with a team of astronomers and scientists as they strive to locate a strange presence hidden deep in...

The X-15 was the last in a line of manned rocket-powered research airplanes built during the 1950s to explore ever-faster and higher flight regimes....

John Glenn goes on another journey into outer space for tests on how old age is affected there. His whole life is chronicled in this informative...

The special details the events before, during, and after Shatner's life-changing flight - which made him the oldest person to ever travel to the...

Panair do Brasil revives the story of the most important commercial aviation company in Brazil, between 1930 and 1965, with its commercial daring in...

Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco explains what it takes to look for life beyond Earth, and what conditions are required for life to exist. Porco...

A filmmaker returns to a house from his past where a great tragedy happened, in order to find a closure within the space that already feels too...

This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer homes to the equator and back, covering thousands of...

On 21 December 1988 a Pan Am 747 jet exploded over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie. On the 25th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on...

Documentary telling the inside story of low-cost airlines - a tale of big characters and big money. Ryanair's Michael O'Leary and EasyJet's Sir...

The De Havilland Comet was the world's first passenger jet airliner. But less than two years into service, two aircraft blew up in mid-air, killing...