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S2, EP3 "Aquarius Reef Base"Diving into retrofits on the world's only underwater habitat, where NASA astronauts train for space missions; Mike joins a crack repair team who breathe new life into this oceanic environment after a global pandemic shut it down.
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S3, EP1 "US Coast Guard: Safeguarding The Seas"Mike helps fix the vessels that the U.S. Coast Guard use to keep the oceans safe; he replaces key parts of ship engines, removes a large crane from a buoy tender, and fixes a helicopter for a critical exercise.
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S3, EP7 "US Navy Hovercraft Overhaul"Mike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs); LCACs carry heavy vehicles and troops onto beaches; Mike helps fly & fix an overhauled LCAC during a U.S. Marines beach assault training mission.
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S3, EP6 "Sealing Nevada's Abandoned Mines"Nevada has over 40,000 abandoned mines posing dangers; Mike joins contractors for a week to secure five sites; alongside biologists, they explore and document wildlife; reaching these isolated mines requires barges, helicopters and bulldozers.
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S2, EP4 "Elevated & Elegant"Traveling from Canada to Belgium to the Southern U.S. to examine an eye-popping school, museum and railway station and reveal how they were built.
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S2, EP5 "Skywalks & Suspensions"Uncovering the design and engineering secrets behind the Grand Canyon Skywalk, the Audain Museum and more.
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S1, EP6 "Arches & Opera Houses"The inside stories behind a new, horseshoe-shaped complex in Rotterdam, a rock-shaped opera house in China and a makeover of the British Museum.
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S4, EP8 "Facelifts & Scaffolds"A museum building bends 1,100-glass tubes to form a facade and tunnels below the water table; a vast 11-storey glass atrium HQ is built on the former Berlin Wall site to represent unity.
Aerial America
S1, EP68 "New York City 24"An aerial tour of New York City, spanning the city's five boroughs, capturing man-made and natural wonders; revealing the ways its citizens live, work and play.
Aerial America
S1, EP24 "Mississippi"Mississippi from above; the state's unique beauty and history; mighty waters, ancient trails and the birth of the Delta Blues.
Aerial America
S1, EP15 "New Hampshire"Ancestral home of the Abenaki Indians; Henry David Thoreau's first book; Mount Monadnock; New Hampshire is seen from the air.
Aerial America
S1, EP52 "Indiana"A flight over Indiana explores the Hoosier State's rich agriculture, busy highways and basketball legends; exploring the War Memorial and the Angel Mounds of the southwest.
Aerial America
S1, EP73 "Great Cities"An aerial view of major cities in the United States, including Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and Boston.
Air Disasters
S5, EP4 "Tragedy on the Potomac"On 13 January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 stalls at 300 feet altitude, strikes a road bridge and crashes into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.
Air Disasters
S18, EP18 "Missing Over New York"Avianca Flight 52 is delayed numerous times by bad weather en route; it is dangerously low on fuel as it attempts a landing at New York City.