TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA

How Did They Build That? Elevated & Elegant

Traveling from Canada to Belgium to the Southern U.S. to examine an eye-popping school, museum and railway station and reveal how they were built.

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? Arches & Opera Houses

The inside stories behind a new, horseshoe-shaped complex in Rotterdam, a rock-shaped opera house in China and a makeover of the British Museum.

How Did They Fix That? Powerships

Mike Davidson heads to Brazil, where an offshore crew is racing the clock to set up giant power ships to deliver electricity to a country in desperate need.

How Did They Fix That? Water Bombers: Fixing Aerial Firefighters

With wildfire season ahead, Mike works with an aerial firefighting company as they fix and convert aircraft into firefighting machines, including the transformation of a 1960's C130 plane from aged military aircraft into a stateofthe art waterbomber.

How Did They Fix That? Sky Rides

In the Alps of Switzerland, Mike helps an elite team install a new cable (rope) system on an iconic mountain gondola line, helps fix the world's steepest cogwheel railway track and explores mountaintop family farms only accessib.

How Did They Fix That? Tunnel Vision

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.

How Did They Build That? Facelifts & Scaffolds

A museum building bends 1,100-glass tubes to form a facade and tunnels below the water table; a vast 11-storey glass atrium HQ is built on the former Berlin Wall site to represent unity.

How Did They Build That? Boxes & Birds

The American Museum of Natural History in NYC gets a cave-like extension; an arts center inspired by migrating birds is built on a lake in China; Boston University gains a fossil-free, Jenga-like tower.

How Did They Build That? Supertalls & Firehouses

Alien port authority in Belgium; ultrathin skyscraper in Manhattan; hanging museum in Scotland.

How Did They Build That? Curved & Cables

A new performance center with a tent-like glass-and-steel lobby tests engineers in Kansas City; two twisting apartment towers make heads spin in Ontario.

How Did They Build That? Radical & Resplendent

Exploring the design and engineering stories behind D.C.'s Museum of African American History, the Montreal Tower and the Equinor building in Oslo.

Air Disasters Lost Star Footballer

With a young rising football star on board, a chartered Piper Malibu suddenly disappears from radar over the English Channel.

Air Disasters Without Warning

Two float planes collide midair near an Alaskan waterfall. One shatters; the other crash-lands intact. With no warning before impact, investigators use wreckage clues and 3D tech to uncover how-and why-the deadly crash occurred.

Air Disasters Heat of the Moment

Featuring captivating reenactments and state-of-the-art CGI; Air Crash Investigation uncovers the truth behind the most legendary aviation disasters of all time.

Air Disasters Lethal Limits

An investigation into a jet crash from 2008 leads to a drastic change into the Russian aviation system.

Air Disasters Fog of War

A U.S. military plane veers off course and flies into a mountain while attempting to land at Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia in heavy fog, killing all 35 people on board.

Air Disasters The Heathrow Enigma

A British Airways Flight's engines failure to respond cause the plane to crash-land just short of the runway.

Air Disasters Stormy Cockpit

Pilots leaving Cameroon steer their plane clear of a storm, but the aircraft begins rolling to the right, and they are unable to regain control.

Air Disasters Split Decision

Arrow Air Flight 1285 with 248 American soldiers on board crashes seconds after refueling in Newfoundland.

Air Disasters Runway Runoff

A passenger plane veers off the runway in Denver sparking an investigation into the airport's proximity to the Rocky Mountains.

Combat Ships War Beneath the Waves

The 200-year evolution of the submarine in wartime is examined, told by the designers and engineers behind the machines.

Combat Ships Cold War Warriors

An up-close look at the naval carriers, destroyers, and nuclear submarines of the Cold War.

Combat Ships Hidden Figures

Stories of historic Black struggle for equality in maritime combat; an enslaved powder boy who served during the French and Indian War; a Civil War gunner; the first African American to command a vessel with a fully integrated crew: Hugh Mulzac.