Discovery Science Tuesday
Sky
167
Virgin
179
7:00 AM
How Do They Do It?
The world's most exclusive luxury cars
How do they build one of the world's most exclusive luxury cars? Plus, how do they make a referee's whistle that can be heard above 50,000 screaming fans?
7:30 AM
How Do They Do It?
Making foundations for tall buildings
A look at how English willow is turned into cricket bats for India's finest cricketers. Plus, how the foundations for tall buildings are constructed
8:00 AM
Secret Space Escapes
A collision causes the hull of the Mir space station to leak oxygen
Astronauts and mission-control staff share details of an incident in which a deadly collision punctured the hull of the Mir space station, causing vital oxygen to leak into space
9:00 AM
Secret Space Escapes
A cosmonaut narrowly survives re-entry
A toxic ammonia leak endangers an entire crew, while a cosmonaut narrowly survives re-entry, only to be stranded in the wilderness
10:00 AM
Secret Space Escapes
Fatal damage to the heat shields of the space shuttle Atlantis
Astronauts detail the events of a classified mission, during which the crew of space shuttle Atlantis discovered fatal damage to heat shields on the underbelly of their ship
11:00 AM
Extreme Engineering
Abu Dhabi's Central Market project
The conception of Abu Dhabi's Central Market project, a hub of offices, parks, shops and hotels built around the world's tallest residential tower
12:00 PM
Extreme Engineering
Expanding the Port of Rotterdam
Danny Forster visits Rotterdam to examine plans to expand the city's port - the largest earth-moving project in history
1:00 PM
Valley of The Kings: The Lost Tombs
Experts dig for major discoveries in Egypt's Valley of the Kings
A team of leading experts dig for major discoveries in Egypt's entire Eastern and Western Valley of the Kings to unravel its final secrets and create the ultimate treasure map
3:00 PM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
A drowning astronaut and a converted asteroid
Looking at an astronaut beginning to drown on a spacewalk, and Nasa's discovery of an asteroid which has been converted into a spacecraft
4:00 PM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
A nuclear explosion on Jupiter
Exploring whether Nasa is responsible for a nuclear explosion on Jupiter, and looking at the truth behind the mystery of the iconic face on Mars
5:00 PM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
How astronauts brought something alive back from the moon
Apollo 12 astronauts bring back something alive from the moon and Nasa track an asteroid heading towards Earth only to make a shocking discovery
6:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
Building new roads from waste plastic
Quadrupling the power of the world's biggest engines with the world's most powerful turbochargers, and building new roads from old waste plastic
6:30 PM
How Do They Do It?
The world's largest sword factory
How wind is harnessed to power a racing yacht to Olympic gold, and how do to make a sword fit for an officer at the world's largest sword factory
7:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
How Marshall amps and frost-proof garden pots are made
The complex technological processes involved in creating seemingly simple modern-day objects. This edition looks at how Marshall amps and frost-proof garden pots are made
7:30 PM
How Do They Do It?
A look at how the tallest buildings in the world are cleaned
A look at how the tallest buildings in the world are cleaned. Plus, the process to make a jigsaw where every piece is unique
8:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
A look at how motorhomes are filled with items fit for a luxury apartment
A look at how motorhomes are filled with items fit for a luxury apartment. The programme also examines the production process of ballet shoes
8:30 PM
How Do They Do It?
How life-saving gloves are made
The complex technological processes involved in creating seemingly simple modern-day objects. This edition looks at how life-saving gloves are made
9:00 PM
Savage Builds
Adam and a demolition expert stage a series of experiments on Nitroglycerin
Adam and a demolition expert stage a series of daring experiments on one of the world's most dangerous and explosive substances: Nitroglycerin
10:00 PM
Savage Builds
Adam teams up with Gary Oldman to build one of Hollywood's deadliest weapons
Adam teams up with actor Gary Oldman to build one of Hollywood's deadliest weapons - the ZF1 multi-artillery gun from sci-fi film The Fifth Element
11:00 PM
You Have Been Warned
Footage of tattoos that can create sound
A countdown of the craziest videos of unbelievable inventions and creations on the web. A double sunset? Tattoos that play sound? Only science can explain
12:00 AM
You Have Been Warned
How to cut through a wall with a fire hose
The smartest and bravest people use science to take their skills to the next level, from using trees as dominos to cutting through walls with a fire hose
1:00 AM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
Trails on the lunar surface near the Apollo landing sites
Looking at the mysterious trails on the lunar surface near the Apollo landing sites, as well as a strange space object
2:00 AM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
An insight into the dangers of so-called space fireflies
The documentary looks into so-called space fireflies, which reportedly attack astronauts' brains
3:00 AM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
A Russian probe discovers lunar soil that has been disturbed
Looking at whether the Nazis got to the moon first when a Russian probe discovers that something has disturbed the lunar soil before the arrival of the US or USSR
4:00 AM
Secrets Underground
Rob Nelson seeks a mass grave that could harbour a dark secret
Rob Nelson searches for a mass grave that could harbour a dark secret. Plus, a giant lake seems to be disappearing, and Rob set off to find out why
5:00 AM
Secrets Underground
Rob Nelson investigates whether a strange lake in California might be home to alien life
Rob Nelson examines bizarre markings that suggest a violent clash between prehistoric beasts, and in California, he investigates whether a strange lake might be home to alien life