Impossible Engineering

2020

5.0

11 reviews

TV-PG

Rating

Eligible

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Season 2 episodes (8)

1 NASA'S Rocket to Mars

3/16/16

Season-only

For NASA to send a person Mars, they will need to build the most powerful rocket ever built. Discover inside story behind the Orion Space Craft, an engineering feat designed to sustain astronauts for years in one of the universe's harshest environments.

2 World's Tallest Bridge

3/23/16

Season-only

How did engineers build the tallest bridge on the planet? As tall as a skyscraper, the Millau Viaduct braves deadly wind speeds over an immense abyss, and we go inside the story behind this modern wonder.

3 Ultimate Football Stadium

3/30/16

Season-only

The AT&T Stadium in Texas is home to the Dallas Cowboys and the world's largest retractable roof. This $1.2 billion stadium can house over 100,000 fans, and we'll go inside how this engineering feat was built.

4 World's Most Powerful Dam

4/6/16

Season-only

China's Three Gorges Dam is the largest and heaviest concrete structure on earth, and it produces more power than any hydroelectric dam ever built. Discover how engineers reshaped a river to accomplish this incredible engineering feat.

5 World's Longest Tunnel

4/13/16

Season-only

How did engineers move mountains to build the longest and deepest rail tunnel on the planet? Discover how 25 million tons of rock were moved to build this modern wonder.

6 World's Biggest Cruise Ship

4/20/16

Season-only

Go inside the largest cruise ship on the planet: a massive ship that's 1,181 feet long and a staggering 227,000 tons.

7 US Navy's Super Submarine

4/27/16

Season-only

The Virginia Class is one of the most advanced nuclear powered, fast attack submarines ever produced for the US Navy. These technological titans are almost 400 feet long, and weigh a staggering 7,800 tons.

8 The Glass Skyscraper

5/4/16

Season-only

A 73-story glass skyscraper in London is an engineering marvel. 11,000 exterior glass panels form this mega tower's façade. It's colossal concrete core supports luxury apartments, a hotel, and nearly 600,000 square feet of office space.

About this show

Behind every seemingly impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of historical trailblazers who pioneered new building techniques, took risks on untested materials, and revolutionized their field. Each episode of this exciting series celebrates a modern engineering marvel, from record-beating buildings, to ships and spacecraft, detailing how it's built and how it works.

Ratings and reviews

5.0

11 reviews

Kai Alden

November 8, 2017

There are many wonders in our world that are made from nature's beauty. There are also many marvels made by man that are beautiful in their own right and way. We rarely see that beauty to it's fullest potential and often overlook such things because they are common-place now. A sports fan that has been to AT&T stadium many times, or a commuter on the Beijing Mag-lev might not realize just how much of a modern marvel they are. Impossible Engineering gives a comprehensive look at these modern man-made marvels and explains why they are such a marvel. It is also done in a way that makes it fun and entertaining and does not bog one down with too much jargin or details. I would say that Impossible Engineering is to construction and innovation as Mythbusters is to Science and other STEM fields. It might not be as great as Season 18 or 19 of Mythbusters, but if one looks back at Season 1, 2 or 3, I think that they are equal and if given time, Impossible Engineering can be as well known as Mythbusters or How It's Made.

Michele Jones

April 1, 2017

Tons of information about everything. From how it started and where it came from and we're going from there. Great show. Been watching it from day one. Thanks

Mark Mickle

August 6, 2017

Power is information information is education and that's what we need to show to our younger generation.

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