Modern Marvels
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Celebrates the history, technology, and impact of the engineering achievements and innovations that have shaped the modern world.
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Friday, January 30
Captured Light
Season 2 • Episode 28
Photographic pioneers; Joseph Niepce; Louis Daguerre; William Henry Fox; George Eastman.
Friday, January 30
The Edison Effect, The Motion Picture
Season 3 • Episode 18
Feuds, mistakes, ingenuity and successes made movies possible and kept Edison ahead of inventors.
Friday, January 30
The Edison Effect, The Electric Light
Season 3 • Episode 19
Edison's electric light bulb is his best known invention, but he also created its delivery system.
Friday, January 30
Wiring America
Season 11 • Episode 28
Technicians risk their lives in order to provide electric power and 21st-century communications.
Friday, January 30
Power Plants
Season 6 • Episode 33
The world's greatest minds enable us to acquire light, heat and power with the flip of a switch.
Friday, January 30
The Telephone
Season 2 • Episode 25
Alexander Graham Bell races Elisha Gray to patent the telephone.
Friday, January 30
Stereos
Season 4 • Episode 15
Capturing and transmitting music; Edison phonograph; digital sound.
Friday, January 30
Map Making
Season 5 •
Satellites and the global positioning system spark a revolution in cartography.
Friday, January 30
Captured Light
Season 2 • Episode 28
Photographic pioneers; Joseph Niepce; Louis Daguerre; William Henry Fox; George Eastman.
Friday, January 30
The Edison Effect, The Motion Picture
Season 3 • Episode 18
Feuds, mistakes, ingenuity and successes made movies possible and kept Edison ahead of inventors.
Friday, January 30
The Edison Effect, The Electric Light
Season 3 • Episode 19
Edison's electric light bulb is his best known invention, but he also created its delivery system.
Friday, January 30
Wiring America
Season 11 • Episode 28
Technicians risk their lives in order to provide electric power and 21st-century communications.
Friday, January 30
Power Plants
Season 6 • Episode 33
The world's greatest minds enable us to acquire light, heat and power with the flip of a switch.
Friday, January 30
The Telephone
Season 2 • Episode 25
Alexander Graham Bell races Elisha Gray to patent the telephone.
Friday, January 30
Stereos
Season 4 • Episode 15
Capturing and transmitting music; Edison phonograph; digital sound.
Friday, January 30
Map Making
Season 5 •
Satellites and the global positioning system spark a revolution in cartography.
Saturday, January 31
Captured Light
Season 2 • Episode 28
Photographic pioneers; Joseph Niepce; Louis Daguerre; William Henry Fox; George Eastman.
Saturday, January 31
The Edison Effect, The Motion Picture
Season 3 • Episode 18
Feuds, mistakes, ingenuity and successes made movies possible and kept Edison ahead of inventors.
Saturday, January 31
The Edison Effect, The Electric Light
Season 3 • Episode 19
Edison's electric light bulb is his best known invention, but he also created its delivery system.
Saturday, January 31
Wiring America
Season 11 • Episode 28
Technicians risk their lives in order to provide electric power and 21st-century communications.
Saturday, January 31
Power Plants
Season 6 • Episode 33
The world's greatest minds enable us to acquire light, heat and power with the flip of a switch.
Saturday, January 31
The Telephone
Season 2 • Episode 25
Alexander Graham Bell races Elisha Gray to patent the telephone.
Saturday, January 31
Stereos
Season 4 • Episode 15
Capturing and transmitting music; Edison phonograph; digital sound.
Saturday, January 31
Map Making
Season 5 •
Satellites and the global positioning system spark a revolution in cartography.
Tuesday, February 3
Axes, Swords and Knives
Season 8 • Episode 16
The discovery of metallurgy allows people to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
Wednesday, February 4
Axes, Swords and Knives
Season 8 • Episode 16
The discovery of metallurgy allows people to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
Wednesday, February 4
Axes, Swords and Knives
Season 8 • Episode 16
The discovery of metallurgy allows people to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
Wednesday, February 4
Axes, Swords and Knives
Season 8 • Episode 16
The discovery of metallurgy allows people to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
Wednesday, February 4
Bunkers
Season 7 • Episode 40
Bunkers from WWI to future wars include submarine shelters, Churchill's war room, and nuclear sites.
Wednesday, February 4
The Maginot Line
Season 6 • Episode 23
France builds a defensive string of forts between itself and Germany.
Thursday, February 5
Bunkers
Season 7 • Episode 40
Bunkers from WWI to future wars include submarine shelters, Churchill's war room, and nuclear sites.
Thursday, February 5
The Maginot Line
Season 6 • Episode 23
France builds a defensive string of forts between itself and Germany.
Thursday, February 5
Bunkers
Season 7 • Episode 40
Bunkers from WWI to future wars include submarine shelters, Churchill's war room, and nuclear sites.
Thursday, February 5
The Maginot Line
Season 6 • Episode 23
France builds a defensive string of forts between itself and Germany.
Thursday, February 5
Bunkers
Season 7 • Episode 40
Bunkers from WWI to future wars include submarine shelters, Churchill's war room, and nuclear sites.
Thursday, February 5
The Maginot Line
Season 6 • Episode 23
France builds a defensive string of forts between itself and Germany.
Thursday, February 5
Strategic Air Command
Season 8 • Episode 28
Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
Thursday, February 5
Booby Traps
Season 9 • Episode 3
Booby traps from the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Greek, and Romans to the Middle Eastern crisis.
Friday, February 6
Strategic Air Command
Season 8 • Episode 28
Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
Friday, February 6
Booby Traps
Season 9 • Episode 3
Booby traps from the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Greek, and Romans to the Middle Eastern crisis.
Friday, February 6
Oil Firefighting
Season 10 • Episode 4
When a gusher shoots flames into the air, only a handful of men know how to snuff out the monster.
Friday, February 6
Most Dangerous
Season 14 • Episode 12
The most dangerous snakes, sports, weather events; America's most dangerous volcano.
Friday, February 6
The World's Fastest
Season 12 •
Koenigsegg CCR automobile; Shanghai Maglev train.
Friday, February 6
World's Strongest
Season 12 • Episode 28
Strength measurement: explore rope, diamond, tugboat power from Spectra fiber to Lexan materials.
Friday, February 6
World's Strongest 2
Season 13 • Episode 14
The MegaFly, a giant ram-air parachute; boron carbide body-armor; the monster truck Bigfoot.
Friday, February 6
Super Hot
Season 14 • Episode 13
Pyroman the life-size mannequin is exposed to more than 1,000 degrees F.
Friday, February 6
Mega Weapon Countdown
Season 17 • Episode 3
Episode takes the "best of" and give the mega top 10 countdown; on this edition: amazing weapons.
Friday, February 6
Mega Stores
Season 15 • Episode 24
Supersized stores try to meet their challenge, keeping up with demand on a massive scale.
Friday, February 6
Oil Firefighting
Season 10 • Episode 4
When a gusher shoots flames into the air, only a handful of men know how to snuff out the monster.
Friday, February 6
Most Dangerous
Season 14 • Episode 12
The most dangerous snakes, sports, weather events; America's most dangerous volcano.
Friday, February 6
The World's Fastest
Season 12 •
Koenigsegg CCR automobile; Shanghai Maglev train.
Friday, February 6
World's Strongest
Season 12 • Episode 28
Strength measurement: explore rope, diamond, tugboat power from Spectra fiber to Lexan materials.
Friday, February 6
World's Strongest 2
Season 13 • Episode 14
The MegaFly, a giant ram-air parachute; boron carbide body-armor; the monster truck Bigfoot.
Friday, February 6
Super Hot
Season 14 • Episode 13
Pyroman the life-size mannequin is exposed to more than 1,000 degrees F.
Friday, February 6
Mega Weapon Countdown
Season 17 • Episode 3
Episode takes the "best of" and give the mega top 10 countdown; on this edition: amazing weapons.
Friday, February 6
Mega Stores
Season 15 • Episode 24
Supersized stores try to meet their challenge, keeping up with demand on a massive scale.
Saturday, February 7
Oil Firefighting
Season 10 • Episode 4
When a gusher shoots flames into the air, only a handful of men know how to snuff out the monster.
Saturday, February 7
Most Dangerous
Season 14 • Episode 12
The most dangerous snakes, sports, weather events; America's most dangerous volcano.
Saturday, February 7
The World's Fastest
Season 12 •
Koenigsegg CCR automobile; Shanghai Maglev train.
Saturday, February 7
World's Strongest
Season 12 • Episode 28
Strength measurement: explore rope, diamond, tugboat power from Spectra fiber to Lexan materials.
Saturday, February 7
World's Strongest 2
Season 13 • Episode 14
The MegaFly, a giant ram-air parachute; boron carbide body-armor; the monster truck Bigfoot.
Saturday, February 7
Super Hot
Season 14 • Episode 13
Pyroman the life-size mannequin is exposed to more than 1,000 degrees F.
Saturday, February 7
Mega Weapon Countdown
Season 17 • Episode 3
Episode takes the "best of" and give the mega top 10 countdown; on this edition: amazing weapons.
Saturday, February 7
Mega Stores
Season 15 • Episode 24
Supersized stores try to meet their challenge, keeping up with demand on a massive scale.
Saturday, February 7
Bullets
Season 9 • Episode 25
How to construct a modern cartridge, and demonstrations of modern firepower.
Saturday, February 7
Strategic Air Command
Season 8 • Episode 28
Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
Saturday, February 7
Bullets
Season 9 • Episode 25
How to construct a modern cartridge, and demonstrations of modern firepower.
Saturday, February 7
Strategic Air Command
Season 8 • Episode 28
Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
Tuesday, February 10
George Washington Carver Tech
Season 11 • Episode 6
George Washington Carver invented 300 peanut uses and developed crop rotation at Tuskegee Institute.
Tuesday, February 10
George Washington Carver Tech
Season 11 • Episode 6
George Washington Carver invented 300 peanut uses and developed crop rotation at Tuskegee Institute.
Wednesday, February 11
George Washington Carver Tech
Season 11 • Episode 6
George Washington Carver invented 300 peanut uses and developed crop rotation at Tuskegee Institute.
Wednesday, February 11
Axes, Swords and Knives
Season 8 • Episode 16
The discovery of metallurgy allows people to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
Thursday, February 12
Axes, Swords and Knives
Season 8 • Episode 16
The discovery of metallurgy allows people to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
Thursday, February 12
Axes, Swords and Knives
Season 8 • Episode 16
The discovery of metallurgy allows people to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
Thursday, February 12
Bunkers
Season 7 • Episode 40
Bunkers from WWI to future wars include submarine shelters, Churchill's war room, and nuclear sites.
Thursday, February 12
The Maginot Line
Season 6 • Episode 23
France builds a defensive string of forts between itself and Germany.
Friday, February 13
Bunkers
Season 7 • Episode 40
Bunkers from WWI to future wars include submarine shelters, Churchill's war room, and nuclear sites.
Friday, February 13
The Maginot Line
Season 6 • Episode 23
France builds a defensive string of forts between itself and Germany.
Friday, February 13
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Season 9 • Episode 19
In 1947, young test-pilot Chuck Yeager becomes the first to smash through the sound barrier.
Friday, February 13
Runways
Season 8 •
Airport runways play a vital role as the backbone of aviation.
Friday, February 13
International Airports
Season 3 • Episode 11
Go behind airport scenes where three million daily passengers board 10,000 aircraft in flight.
Friday, February 13
Space Shuttle
Season 2 • Episode 1
NASA's space shuttle is the world's first reusable space ship.
Friday, February 13
Space Stations
Season 6 • Episode 4
Engineers and astronauts overcome monumental obstacles to allow humans to live in space.
Friday, February 13
Satellites
Season 3 • Episode 1
Space-based technological marvels evolve from sci-fi visions to wartime rocket innovations.
Friday, February 13
Strategic Air Command
Season 8 • Episode 28
Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
Friday, February 13
Edwards Air Force Base
Season 11 • Episode 11
Edwards Air Force Base: America's premier flight test center for over 60 years testing all aircraft.
Friday, February 13
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Season 9 • Episode 19
In 1947, young test-pilot Chuck Yeager becomes the first to smash through the sound barrier.
Friday, February 13
Runways
Season 8 •
Airport runways play a vital role as the backbone of aviation.
Friday, February 13
International Airports
Season 3 • Episode 11
Go behind airport scenes where three million daily passengers board 10,000 aircraft in flight.
Friday, February 13
Space Shuttle
Season 2 • Episode 1
NASA's space shuttle is the world's first reusable space ship.
Friday, February 13
Space Stations
Season 6 • Episode 4
Engineers and astronauts overcome monumental obstacles to allow humans to live in space.
Friday, February 13
Satellites
Season 3 • Episode 1
Space-based technological marvels evolve from sci-fi visions to wartime rocket innovations.
Friday, February 13
Strategic Air Command
Season 8 • Episode 28
Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
Friday, February 13
Edwards Air Force Base
Season 11 • Episode 11
Edwards Air Force Base: America's premier flight test center for over 60 years testing all aircraft.
Saturday, February 14
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Season 9 • Episode 19
In 1947, young test-pilot Chuck Yeager becomes the first to smash through the sound barrier.
Saturday, February 14
Runways
Season 8 •
Airport runways play a vital role as the backbone of aviation.
Saturday, February 14
International Airports
Season 3 • Episode 11
Go behind airport scenes where three million daily passengers board 10,000 aircraft in flight.
Saturday, February 14
Space Shuttle
Season 2 • Episode 1
NASA's space shuttle is the world's first reusable space ship.
Saturday, February 14
Space Stations
Season 6 • Episode 4
Engineers and astronauts overcome monumental obstacles to allow humans to live in space.
Saturday, February 14
Satellites
Season 3 • Episode 1
Space-based technological marvels evolve from sci-fi visions to wartime rocket innovations.
Saturday, February 14
Strategic Air Command
Season 8 • Episode 28
Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
Saturday, February 14
Edwards Air Force Base
Season 11 • Episode 11
Edwards Air Force Base: America's premier flight test center for over 60 years testing all aircraft.
Saturday, February 14
Strategic Air Command
Season 8 • Episode 28
Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
Saturday, February 14
Booby Traps
Season 9 • Episode 3
Booby traps from the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Greek, and Romans to the Middle Eastern crisis.
Saturday, February 14
Bullets
Season 9 • Episode 25
How to construct a modern cartridge, and demonstrations of modern firepower.
Saturday, February 14
Strategic Air Command
Season 8 • Episode 28
Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
Sunday, February 15
Bullets
Season 9 • Episode 25
How to construct a modern cartridge, and demonstrations of modern firepower.
Sunday, February 15
Strategic Air Command
Season 8 • Episode 28
Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
Sunday, February 15
Bullets
Season 9 • Episode 25
How to construct a modern cartridge, and demonstrations of modern firepower.
Sunday, February 15
Strategic Air Command
Season 8 • Episode 28
Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
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