At the end of a nearly flawless 15-day mission in early 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere, killing the crew of seven men and women. In this ...

See how ingenuity and teamwork keep the crew alive and doing science 250 miles above Earth. Witness life-or-death decisions 250 miles above Earth, as astronauts and Mission Control work together to ...

Space elevators? Nuclear rockets? The future of space travel could look radically different. Imagine taking an elevator to space. Or blasting off in a nuclear rocket. That might sound like science ...

(This video is no longer available for streaming.) It costs about $500 million to take the space shuttle out for a spin. But what if there was another way to get to space? And what if that way were as ...

For more than 50 years, NOVA has been inspiring people with stories of science that spark curiosity and illuminate the ways that science can solve important problems and improve lives. In classrooms ...

Is engineering humanity’s superpower? See how we can amplify our natural abilities in amazing ways. How are leading innovators supercharging our natural abilities? From slingshots that can throw ...

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Meet the surprising, oddball worlds moving around our solar system. From meteorites that impact Earth, to a moon that orbits backwards, to an imposter lurking in the asteroid belt, a variety of ...