The Age of Aerospace premieres tonight on Science Channel featuring historians Paul Kennedy & Jenifer Van Vleck

THE AGE OF AEROSPACE, a five-part series sponsored by Boeing, will explore the advancements in civilian, military and space technology around some of America’s greatest achievements, premieres on Science Channel Monday, Feb. 1 at 8PM and features our own Professors Paul Kennedy and Jenifer Van Vleck.

There is a description and air times of each of the five episodes below:

 

Episode 1 - What Can’t We Do?:

Chronicles how Bill Boeing and his contemporaries, like Donald Douglas, took the invention of the airplane and forged an industry, delivering advancements in communication, transportation, and warfare.

 

 

Episode 2 - Miracle Planes:

Details the role American industry and planes like the Boeing B-17, B-29, and North American P-51 Mustang played in the Allied victory over Germany and Japan.

 

 

Episode 3 - Shrinking the Earth:

Tells the story of three Boeing planes that launched the jet age – the B-47 bomber, the Boeing 707 and the iconic Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet – planes made possible by secrets discovered in a German Forest at the close of WWII.

 

 

Episode 4 - In the Vastness of Space:

Tells the story of Project Apollo and humankind’s first journey to the moon on Apollo 8. NASA icons and individuals from American industry reflect on past achievements and explore humanity’s future in space.

 

 

Episode 5 - Dreamliner 

Reveals the technology, resources, and risk required to build commercial aircraft in the modern world through the story of Boeing’s most recent revolution in jet design, the 787.