Producers: Exploration Production Inc.

  • Harrier Model

    Ewald Schuster has spent 30 years building a working model of the famous Harrier Jet and today is the day to attempt his first vertical landing.

  • iRing Rover Tires

    Engineers from McGill University visit the Mars Yard at the Canadian Space Agency to test prototype tires for the Juno lunar rover.

  • London White Water

    Engineers have turned a huge flat parking lot into world-class rapids for Olympic kayakers, and they continue to tweak the design to make it even better for 2012.

  • Aqua Loop

    The race to build the ultimate thrill ride has been turned up a notch by this extreme combination of waterslide and roller coaster.

  • Military Free Falling

    Daily Planet goes to military free fall school to watch the soldiers train for a risky operation.

  • Skateboard Prof

    Professor Joe Kniss uses high-tech skateboards in an indoor virtual space called “The Dome” to aid him in teaching math and computer science.

  • Metropol Parasol

    This dramatic and unique new structure in Seville, Spain, is one of the largest wooden structures in the world and is the source of a high-tech controversy.

  • Student Launch V

    Middle school students flock to Spaceport America in New Mexico to witness the launch of a rocket containing 27 of their experiments.

  • Apogee

    One of the world’s most advanced infared spectrometers is giving researchers a new look at the stars in and around our galaxy.

  • Devil’s Slide

    California’s Department of Transportation is undertaking a massive engineering project to build a pair of tunnels to bypass the rockslide-prone stretch of Highway 1.