Come fly with us as we chronicle humanity s love affair with flight, as only Smithsonian Channel can! This collection brings The Smithsonian Institution s National Air and Space Museum, the world s most visited museum, right into your home, with four programs that capture the history of aviation innovation and accomplishments. Enter America s Hangar to visit history s legendary pilots and daring astronauts, and the machines that carried them over our first century of flight. Relive our nation s first decade of space exploration with History in HD: America in Space. Concorde: Flying Supersonic reveals the turbulent 30-year history of the world's first and last supersonic passenger jet. Space Shuttle: Final Countdown tells its own 30-year story, one that would ultimately change the landscape of our world and transform the way we perceive the universe. From life-altering triumphs to life-taking tragedies, this anthology tells one collective story about the human race and its ongoing conquest of air and space.
G**S
Two good documentaries, and some filler
This package includes four Smithsonian documentaries. Two of these, both running about 90 minutes, are outstanding. One of these deals with the Concorde. A joint venture between France and England, and designed to carry passengers at supersonic speeds, this airplane was a technical and engineering marvel, but a commercial failure. The second deals with the space shuttle. It recognizes the scientific triumphs, which included building the international space station and launching the Hubble telescope, while also noting two disasters, the losses of Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003. The other two are essentially filler. One is a tedious recapitulation of the Smithsonian’s air and space artifacts. The other is a somewhat incoherent account of America’s first ten years in space, which brings together footage from diverse sources but does not integrate them into a useful narrative. These could have been omitted.
M**K
Excellent
Bought this for my best friend. He absolutely loved it. Very well done documentaries. Perfect if you’re an aerospace buff.
B**M
Wonderful Video
This video is excellent. When I first told my husband about it, who was an engineer/scientist working in astronomy at CALTECH/JPL for his entire career, he thought it would be a waste of money but I figured there wasn't much to lose. Well, he was impressed. I'm so thrilled I went ahead and bought it.
S**I
The disc has two excelelent movies!
The disc has two excelelent, very educational movies, one about Space shuttle program and one about Concord superjet. I really enjoyed watching them a couple of times myself and in our Unversity aerospace students' class. Other movies on the discs are boring and have almost zero value.
T**Y
very nicely produced
a great DVD to see the Smithsonian exhibits before you go or a review to share with relatives.
J**L
Great gift for space and NASA lovers!
I bought this as a christmas gift and it was such a huge delight I think I'll buy the rest of the serious. If you are an ass to lover or just a space not like us this will be the perfect gift!
M**O
Fantastic
Great educational stuff. I loved it
J**R
Three Stars
My husband likes it, but it wasn't exactly what we expected
J**N
otherwise it was great.
Wish it had been in Blul-ray, otherwise it was great.
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