"New money, old tribes, and international megacorps race to build the first space elevator. With a little Dabare magic, it just might work! The Sadous, a nouveau riche West African family, are handed a plum contract as repayment for a decades-old favor that could make them all rich-if the family doesn't tear itself apart first. Two engineer daughters of the Sadou family, Pascaline and Maurie, upon whom the burden of success rests, have troubles of...

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the...

"He risked his life for the nation and became a world icon, but who was Neil Armstrong? Everyone knows Neil Armstrong was the first to set foot on the moon. But this modest and unassuming man was determined to stay out of the spotlight, so the rare combination of talent, luck, and experience that led to his successful command of Apollo 11 is not widely known. Now, for the first time, NOVA presents an intimate portrait through interviews with Armstrong's...

"In 1979, Arthur C. Clarke wrote a novel about an elevator to space. The mind-expanding documentary Sky Line tells the story of the people who intend to build it. Dr. Bradley Edwards has a plan to build the elevator. All he needs to do is design the largest structure ever built, and material strong enough to make it work. Sky Line follows Dr. Edwards and his collaborators through their years working with NASA, raising equity, and creating companies...