Skylab – America’s First Space Station

Today on Discovery Enterprise we commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the launching of America’s first space station - Skylab.

Forty years ago today on May 14^th, 1973 Skylab, America’s first Space Station, was sent into orbit aboard a Saturn V rocket booster from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Centre.

Skylab consisted of a modified S-IVB stage from a Saturn IB, providing a cavernous interior for its three-man crews. In the end, Skylab proved highly successful, but the project could have ended disastrously, within minutes of launch:

Ray Harryhausen’s Earth vs. the Flying Saucers in Color

Today on Discovery Enterprise we pay a special tribute to special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen by presenting for your viewing pleasure a colorized version of Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.

Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park’s Lost Heroes

Today on Discovery Enterprise we present the BBC documentary film Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park’s Lost Heroes.

The stunning achievements of mathematical whiz Bill Tutte, combined with the engineering genius of British General Post Office (GPO) engineer Tommy Flowers, were to change the course of the Second World War and usher in the age of computers.

Ray Harryhausen - Special Effects Titan

Today on Discovery Enterprise we bid a final and fond farewell to special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen who died yesterday, May 7^th, 2013, in London at the age of ninety-two.

The remarkable career of the movie industry’s most admired and influential special-effects auteur, the legendary Ray Harryhausen, is the subject of Gilles Penso's definitive documentary Ray Harryhausen Special Effects Titan.

The Lost Tomb of Genghis Khan

Today on Discovery Enterprise we go on an adventure that sounds like it came right out of Clive Cussler novel as we go in search of the LostTomb of Genghis Khan.

His action-packed life may have blazed a searing trail of death and destruction through history but, in death, Genghis Khan is proving to be a puzzlingly elusive figure.

In the Lost Tomb of Genghis Khan we saddle up with a team of experts as they unearth Mongolia's best-kept secret and the only remaining tie to its spiritual and political forefather.

An American Adventure - The Rocket Pilots

Today on Discovery Enterprise we present An American Adventure the Rocket Pilots.

James Cameron’s Voyage to the Bottom of the Earth

Today we join film director James Cameron as he made history on March 26^th, 2012 during his odyssey to the deepest depths of the ocean, when he broke a world’s record and took the deepest solo dive ever attempted.