TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA
Friday, August 1st TV listings for Smithsonian Channel USA
A sky-high tour over Ireland reveals its towering cliffs, rolling hills, ancient ruins, and rich history.
An aerial tour over New Zealand showcases a diverse world of snow-capped mountains, active volcanoes, and a storied past.
Aerial Greece The North
An aerial tour of northern Greece explores Mount Olympus, Macedonia, the island of Corfu and more; the lifestyles of the region's inhabitants.
Aerial Greece Crete & The Eastern Islands
Capturing from high, the islands Crete, Samos, Chios, Rhodes and the Dodecanese; exploring the distinct culture and unique stories of these islands.
Aerial Greece The South
An aerial tour over southern Greece celebrates its landscapes, its ancient and mythical past and the people who call it home.
Aerial Greece The Great Archipelago
An exploration of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea; exploring the tourist hotspots of Mykonos and Santoríni to Náxos and Amorgós.
How Did They Fix That? Sealing Nevada's Abandoned Mines
Nevada has over 40,000 abandoned mines posing dangers. Mike joins contractors for a week to secure five sites. Alongside biologists, they explore and document wildlife. Reaching these isolated mines requires barges, helicopters, and bulldozers.
How Did They Build That? Skywalks & Suspensions
Uncovering the design and engineering secrets behind the Grand Canyon Skywalk, the Audain Museum and more.
How Did They Build That? Breakthroughs & Bridges
Visiting London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.
How Did They Build That? Arctic Modules & Auditoria
The engineering secrets behind a mobile research station in Antarctica, a gravity-defying concert hall on the Canary Islands, and a rotating boat lift in Scotland.
How Did They Build That? Tricks & Trains
A new Olympic and Paralympic museum tests engineers with its trailblazing accessible design. A dazzling curved glass skyscraper battles gravity in Milan. And a student center built under a noisy railroad.
How Did They Build That? Steep & Stunning
The engineering secrets behind the world's steepest mountain railway, a remodeled 145-year-old museum and a futuristic condo.
How Did They Build That? Cantilevers & Lifts
An unstable high rise, an otherworldly museum, and a towering cliffside elevator.
Learn how astronauts constructed the International Space Station while circling the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour; look at the meteorproof ship's power source and unique water-recycling technology; discover why it almost wasn't built at all.
Air Disasters Disaster at Tenerife
Two 747s collide on the runway of a small airport in the Canary Islands, resulting in history's deadliest air crash.
Air Disasters Deadly Delivery
UPS Airlines Flight 1354 clips the tops of trees and crashes into a hillside about one nautical mile short of the runway during final approach to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama.
Air Disasters Accident or Assassination
A plane carrying Mexico's interior minister crashes into Mexico City's financial district.
Air Disasters Lethal Turn
Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashes into mountainous woodlands while trying to land at Polonia International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, in low visibility.
Air Disasters Impossible Landing
A look at the fate of United Airlines Flight 232 which crashed into Sioux City's runway in 1989; it caused a subsequent explosion that left 111 people dead.
Air Disasters Cutting Corners
The 2000 crash of an Alaska Airlines plane just off the California coast leads to a disturbing discovery about the company's cost-cutting procedures.
Air Disasters Fatal Flaw
A look at several air disasters that involved small components that failed; accidents caused by minor defects or errors; how the follow-up investigations led to changes that have made flying safer.
Air Disasters Deadly Distraction
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Air Disasters Deadly Confusion
JFK Jr. disappears on the way to Martha's Vineyard; a captain loses his bearings and crashes over the Red Sea; pilots crash a plane over Indonesia.
Air Disasters Missing Pieces
Following three air crash investigations in which examiners are pushed to the limit to crack the cases.