Watch Smithsonian Channel with Fubo
Plans start at $79.99/mo
Additional taxes, fees and regional restrictions may apply.
Ice Airport Alaska
S5, EP8 "Sunspot"Two pilots try to build a new bush plane from 70-year-old designs. The Army gets its big guns airborne to protect America's north. Hurricane-force winds threaten Anchorage International, and NASA scientists blast off from Alaska.
Aerial Australia
S1, EP4 "The Vast West"Western Australia is home to colossal gold mines, massive sheep stations, the world's largest shark, an iconic and spectacular 4x4 trail, and Perth, the most isolated big city on Earth.
Ice Airport Alaska
S5, EP8 "Sunspot"Two pilots try to build a new bush plane from 70-year-old designs. The Army gets its big guns airborne to protect America's north. Hurricane-force winds threaten Anchorage International, and NASA scientists blast off from Alaska.
Air Disasters
S20, EP24 "Risky Runways"In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, the toughest landings on earth pushed three flight crews.
Air Disasters
S3, EP11 "Nowhere to Land"Pilots of TACA Flight 110 make a remarkable landing on a narrow levee, but investigators must find out why the engines in a brand new plane failed.
Air Disasters
S6, EP8 "Death and Denial"In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying from New York City to Cairo, killing all 217 people on board; the cause of the crash is disputed.
Air Disasters
S2, EP5 "Alarming Silence"Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit in 1987; a fatal preflight error caused the second-deadliest plane crash in the U.S. history.
Air Disasters
S18, EP12 "Flying on Empty"When Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic, its pilots desperately try to keep their Airbus A330 in the air until they reach land.
Humongous Moves
S2, EP1 "Ship Sink"An abandoned ship must be towed over 1,600 miles and then sunk upright on the ocean floor to create an artificial reef.
Humongous Moves
S2, EP2 "Spectacular Spitfire"A restoration team attempts to move a vintage fighter aircraft 4,000 miles across the Atlantic for a private collector.
How Did They Build That?
S2, EP9 "Mirrors & Marble"Visiting Australia's One Central Park, the Oslo Opera House and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.
How Did They Build That?
S1, EP3 "Biomes & Rebuilds"A London railway station; giant Singapore biodomes; eye-catching hospital in Las Vegas.
How Did They Build That?
S2, EP2 "Swamps & Swagger"Exploring behind-the-scenes of design and construction of revolutionary buildings in Spain, New York and a university campus in Florida.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP8 "Subways & Sightlines"A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies breaks the mold in Chicago; Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels for an underground railroad beneath London's city streets.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP5 "Heights & Balance"A 1.2 million square foot office building balances precariously on a 39 foot wide base in Chicago. A building named Pterodactyl lands on top of a Los Angeles parking garage. And the world's longest suspension footbridge.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP3 "303"Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge.
Popular on Smithsonian Channel
Included with Fubo
