Clouds of alien life forms are sweeping through outer space and infecting planets with life – it may not be as far-fetched as it sounds. The idea that life on Earth came from another planet has been around as a modern scientific theory since the 1960s when it was proposed by Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe. At the time they were ridiculed for their idea – known as pansper...
WWII veteran, prisoner of war, accomplished test pilot, pace plane for the Unlimited Reno races, air show pilot - Bob Hoover is considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of modern aerobatics. Jimmy Doolittle called him "...the greatest stick and rudder man who ever lived." Flying the Feathered Edge preserves the stories, the friendships, and the legacy that surrounds...
While realizing that they probably would not beat the U.S. in the race to the moon, Soviet scientists devise a program to deliver a vehicle to land on and explore the lunar surface. Later, the technology and development of the device, under the directorship of Alexander Kemurdjian, would be used in the shadow of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident of 1986.—D.K. Sullivan
人物传记形式纪录片,BBC通过展示20世纪政治、科学、文化艺术等各个领域伟大传奇人物的经历,向他们所作的贡献致敬,其中包括屠呦呦、居里夫人、爱因斯坦、巴勃罗·毕加索、纳尔逊·罗利赫拉赫拉·曼德拉,温斯顿·丘吉尔等人物,他们对于人类文明史跟社会进步有哪些不能被遗忘的贡献,以及对于个人的生命历程,他们又克服了那些困难,向青少年传递积极向上的正能量,有梦想就要勇敢。
In 1961, when President Kennedy pledged to put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade, no rocket existed with the power or capability to rise to the challenge. In order to win the race to Space, the United States would need to establish a multi-billion dollar space program. One man; Werner Von Braun, believed he had the knowledge and vision to make Kennedy's dream a reality...