Secrets of the Universe

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.

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 has been fraught with challenges. A project of insurmountable scale, the telescope took 30 years and 10 billion dollars to successfully launch on December 25th 2021.

Before the ISS, there was Skylab: NASA's first mission to build a home beyond our planet.

The moon is critical to future exploration; it will be where people learn to build sustainable colonies on other worlds.

With modern techniques and telescopes, planetary scientists have found thousands of exoplanets in the universe, and many of them have the perfect conditions for life.

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 and engineers behind Perseverance: the rover that could change our view of Mars forever.