Smithsonian HD Network
How Did They Fix That?
Mike joins crews as they build the world's longest railway tunnel in the Alps, fixing gridlock through the infamous Brenner Pass by drilling, blasting and digging their way through the mountains.
2026-06-10
How Did They Build That?
Examine the sightlines in Los Angeles's SoFi Stadium, which sits right in the flight path of LAX; celebrate the ingenuity of the inexperienced crew that built a monumental skyscraper in Malta; visit a forest tower designed for testing elevators.
2026-06-10
How Did They Build That?
Challenges beset a sculptural new transportation hub for New York's World Trade Center; Amsterdam gains a building inspired by a mountain valley; a new launchpad for space travel prepares for liftoff in the New Mexico desert.
2026-06-10
How Did They Build That?
A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies breaks the mold in Chicago; Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels for an underground railroad beneath London's city streets.
2026-06-10
How Did They Build That?
Visiting Australia's One Central Park, the Oslo Opera House and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.
2026-06-10
How Did They Build That?
An unstable high rise, an otherworldly museum, and a towering cliffside elevator.
2026-06-11
How Did They Build That?
A dazzling new 1400 foot tapering skyscraper is built right next to New York's Grand Central. A curving wine museum requires ingenious engineering in Bordeaux, France. And possibly the world's most glamorous parking garage.
2026-06-11
How Did They Build That?
The engineering secrets behind a massive sky garden in Singapore, the world's most slender tower in Brighton, and a railway station in the shadow of Vesuvius.
2026-06-11
Air Disasters
On December 21, 1992, Martinair Flight 495 crashes off the right side of the runway while attempting to land at Faro Airport in Faro, Portugal, in severe weather conditions, killing 56 of the 340 people on board.
2026-06-11
Air Disasters
After losing two engines near enemy territory, U.S. Air Force pilots abort their refueling mission and try to land their damaged plane.
2026-06-11
Air Disasters
Saudi Airways and Kazakhstan Airlines jets hit each other at 14,000 feet sending both planes spiraling to the ground.
2026-06-11
Air Disasters
The 2013 crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco shocks the nation.
2026-06-11
Air Disasters
Following three horrifying crashes, investigators uncover fatal flaws in the very operations designed to prevent aircraft from flying into mountains.
2026-06-11
Air Disasters
A plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team crashes just ten miles from the airport in 2016.
2026-06-11
Air Disasters
A look at three commercial planes that became targets over the Sinai Desert, the Sea of Japan and Ukraine.
2026-06-11
Combat Ships
New high-tech investigations uncover what sunk a World War I cruiser, a World War II submarine, a British destroyer from the Falklands War, and more.
2026-06-11
Combat Ships
A look at how navy weapons have evolved over the centuries, from cannons to gun turrets to nuclear missiles and beyond.
2026-06-11
Combat Ships
Exploring maritime heroes who left their mark on history through their bravery and skill, including Larry Chambers, Ernest Evans, and Robert Smalls.
2026-06-11
Combat Ships
A look at riverine warfare from the Civil War to Vietnam and small but powerful combat ships.
2026-06-11
Combat Ships
It is considered the largest sea battle in history: the Battle of Leyte Gulf in WWII was three days of ingenious strategy and white-knuckle combat between warships, aircraft and kamikazes.
2026-06-11
Combat Ships
A portrayal of a crucial September 1950 military operation that helped the UN and ROK gain the upper hand over North Korea in the Korean War.
2026-06-11
Combat Ships
Examining some of maritime history's most effective lightning strikes; how the French frigate Nivôse set a trap to lure Somali pirates; how the HMS Illustrious captured a well-defended Mediterranean harbor in WWII; a surprise attack on Tokyo in 1942.
2026-06-11
Combat Ships
Recounting some of maritime warfare's explosions, from world wars and Vietnam to the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.
2026-06-11
Combat Ships
The story of one of the world's most effective war machines: the Viking longship, seeing how its design evolved from swift war canoe to versatile and feared ship that would change the course of history.
2026-06-11
Combat Ships
A look at the most famous wooden warships over the course of 500 years.
2026-06-11
Air Warriors
The story of the world's first nuclear bomber, the B-29, and its explosive impact on aerial warfare.
2026-06-11
Air Warriors
An inside look at Japan's A6M Zero, the most feared fighter at the start of World War II.
2026-06-11
Air Warriors
The history of the B-1 Lancer reveals how the Cold War bomber evolved to become one of America's most effective military aircraft.
2026-06-11
Air Warriors
A countdown of the most influential and impactful military planes of the Cold War, from America's B-2 to the Soviet's MiG-15.
2026-06-11
Air Warriors
The history of the F-16 Fighting Falcon and how it became the U.S. Air Force's most versatile plane.
2026-06-12