Friday, December 13th TV listings for Discovery Science Canada
Featured: signal poles; coffee filters; marble saws.
Features pocket knives; soapstone products; electric pole transformers; and snowshoes.
Mighty Ships Stemat Spirit
Stemat Spirit is the only cable layer in the world built to work on land. She approaches the shore during high tide and settles on to the sand as the tide recedes. When the tide returns, she floats up and sails out to sea, laying cable as she goes.
Mighty Cruise Ships Carnival Vista
Carnival Vista is the new flagship for one of the world's largest cruise lines. It carries more than 4,600 passengers and boasts 10 restaurants, nearly 2,000 staterooms and a crew of 1,400 ready to tend to guests' every need.
Mighty Planes Trump Boeing 757
Travel with Donald Trump aboard his luxurious Boeing 757 on a transatlantic mission to the U.K. for a speech and pit stop at his new golf course in Scotland. Fog, runway curfews and security sweeps are just a few of the challenges faced by Captain Dunkin.
Mighty Trains Hector Rail
Hector Rail's powerful trains haul timber for paper products giant SCA to their $1.2-billion pulp mill in Ostrand, Sweden; this challenging route takes trains along some of the most difficult railways in the country.
NASA's Unexplained Files A President's Close Encounter
Geysers are discovered on a frozen moon, and NASA redirects a probe on a daring mission to detect evidence of life. An unidentified object is spotted approaching a near-earth asteroid. A future US President is an eyewitness to a UFO.
NASA's Unexplained Files The Earth Next Door
Astronomers detect a potentially habitable planet tantalizingly close to Earth. A chance discovery at NASA reveals a top secret military space program. The Apollo missions bring back evidence that the moon could be rich in the building blocks for life.
MythBusters Transformers
Adam and Jamie tackle two tall tales of mechanical metamorphosis, which sees them try to turn a car into a motorcycle and a bicycle into a boat.
Featured: signal poles; coffee filters; marble saws.
Features pocket knives; soapstone products; electric pole transformers; and snowshoes.
Masters of Disaster Hellfire Havoc
When doomsday comes, an antique flamethrower could be the key to surviving, and using cutting-edge tech, a team of expert engineers restore it to brave the dangers of End Times.
Featured: tin whistles; horn products; Formula F race cars.
Featured: motorcycle goggles; handbuilt jukeboxes; vacuum excavators; pewter shaving sets.
MythBusters Transformers
Adam and Jamie tackle two tall tales of mechanical metamorphosis, which sees them try to turn a car into a motorcycle and a bicycle into a boat.
Mighty Planes C-5M Super Galaxy
The C-5 Galaxy is the biggest and most powerful plane in the U.S. Air Force fleet. Follow its mission into a war zone, from initial briefing to descent into Bagram, Afghanistan.
Featured: time delay locks; brownies; pallet dispensers; crystal chandeliers.
A look at how binoculars; sparklers; rubber boots and circular saw blades are made.
Savage Builds Hollywood's Deadliest Weapon
Adam teams up with Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman, one of the stars of The 5th Element, to build one of Hollywood's deadliest weapons from the film, the ZF1 Multi-Artillery Gun, a weapon that features both a rocket launcher and a flamethrower.
BattleBots The Most Destructive Robot
As the tournament heats up, the field of vicious robots gear up to guarantee their spot in the Top 16. In the Main Event bout, Tombstone and Rotator look to settle a year-long feud once and for all.
How Do They Do It? Vanilla; Anchors; Lighters
A look at how they make vanilla ice cream, anchors for the world's biggest ships and more.
How Do They Do It? Scania Trucks; Miracle forensics; Gouda
A look at how they build powerful trucks and solve crimes using a DNA database.
BattleBots The Most Destructive Robot
As the tournament heats up, the field of vicious robots gear up to guarantee their spot in the Top 16. In the Main Event bout, Tombstone and Rotator look to settle a year-long feud once and for all.
Featured: time delay locks; brownies; pallet dispensers; crystal chandeliers.
A look at how binoculars; sparklers; rubber boots and circular saw blades are made.
Savage Builds Hollywood's Deadliest Weapon
Adam teams up with Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman, one of the stars of The 5th Element, to build one of Hollywood's deadliest weapons from the film, the ZF1 Multi-Artillery Gun, a weapon that features both a rocket launcher and a flamethrower.
Mighty Planes C-5M Super Galaxy
The C-5 Galaxy is the biggest and most powerful plane in the U.S. Air Force fleet. Follow its mission into a war zone, from initial briefing to descent into Bagram, Afghanistan.
Secret Space Escapes Secret Mayday Mission
During a classified mission, the crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis discovers fatal damage to the heat shield tiles on the underbelly of their ship, but no one can know that they're there.