APOLLO 11: THE UNTOLD STORY aka FIRST ON THE MOON: THE UNTOLD STORY One-Hour Special for Discovery Science Channel / five When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon in July 1969, Apollo 11 was hailed as the supreme triumph of American technology. But behind the flag waving lies a very different story: the untold account of how close the mission came to disaster. Now, nearly forty years later, men on that mission reveal what really happened on the first voyage to the moon. It's a tale of how primitive computer technology, coupled with human errors and mechanical failures, nearly caused the tragic loss of the crew.
When a violent explosion tore through the fragile skin of the Apollo 13 spacecraft 200,000 miles from earth in April 1970, NASA mounted the most dramatic rescue mission in the history of human exploration. For the first time, Apollo 13 astronauts James Lovell and Fred Haise, and their flight controllers, reveal just how close they came to disaster, the devastating extent of the damage, and the inside story of how human ingenuity overcame adversity. This is the ultimate survival story, in which three people’s lives hung by a thread, with oxygen running out, hundreds of thousands of miles out in space.
The properties of the human nervous system, which carries information around the body at more than 200mph, controlling pain, reactions to danger and co-ordination of movement
The capabilities of the human brain, including how it copes with a lack of food. The programme also explores why restricting calories can help combat ageing
The human body has engineered itself for strength, power and endurance. We discover how our bodies can perform amazing feats of endurance and strength
From ordinary workers to powerful families, legendary gladiators and armies of slaves, we'll reveal what it meant to actually live in Pompeii.
E=mc². Albert Einstein's most famous equation explains things of sheer wonder and beauty – why the sun shines and how the Big Bang created the universe. But it also underpins the most destructive force ever unleashed on the planet – the nuclear bomb. Learn how Albert Einstein's great discovery went from being a mere set of symbols in a notebook to a weapon of mass destruction. It was a development so appalling to Einstein, that he would describe his involvement in the bomb as "his biggest blunder." Meet Leo Szilard, friend, colleague and the man who persuaded Einstein to use his influence to encourage construction of the bomb. It was Szilard who first came up with the concept of a chain reaction – vital to turning the power of E=mc² into a bomb – and who persuaded Einstein to write the fateful letter to President Roosevelt that would play a key role in the decision to build the bomb. But while both men were initially lauded for their contribution to science, they would in later years devote themselves to disarmament, global peace and the dismantling of the very bombs they helped create.
In this high definition one-off special we explore one of the most unexpected and important Jurassic discoveries of all time... Found in 2000 by a team of amateur fossil hunters exploring the Montana badlands, Leonardo – named after graffiti found near his burial site – is a young Brachylophosaurus, a four-legged plant-eating duck-billed dinosaur. This is the very first juvenile of the species discovered with extensive skin and the only dinosaur mummy to still contain the contents of its digestive tract. This once-in-a-lifetime finding means scientists now have more than just bones to fully reconstruct how dinosaurs looked and lived. From the cause of death to Leonardo’s last meal, scientific tests provide far more detail than the team of experts ever expected and by employing state-of the-art imaging scientists are able to unlock the most detailed images of dinosaur anatomy ever seen.
Astronomy: Explore the universe.
Biology: Explore the world around you.
Chemistry: Explore the world under a microscopic.
Earth Science: Explore the Earth under your feet.
Evolution: Explore the past.
Genetics: Explore what makes you, you.
Medicine: Explore developments in health.
Physics: Explore how stuff works.
