The BEST episodes of Impossible Engineering
Every episode of Impossible Engineering ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Impossible Engineering!
Impossible Engineering looks at the history of pioneering modern-day mega structures. Behind every seemingly impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of historic trailblazers who designed new building techniques, took risks on untested materials and revolutionised their field. It is a tribute to their achievements. Each episode details how giant structures, record-beating buildings, and the world’s most cutting-edge ships, trains and planes are built and work using 3D graphics, archive and specially shot footage. As this series revels in these modern day creations, it leaps back in time to recount the stories of the exceptional engineers whose technological advances made it all possible.
#1 - Inside the Tesla Factory
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/25/2017
The Tesla car factory is one of the largest and most innovative factories in the world; this state-of-the-art facility is the home to high-tech robots that work around-the-clock to produce thousands of cutting-edge electric cars each week.
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#2 - World's Greatest Yacht
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/2019
The Black Pearl is one of the largest and fastest sailing yachts in the world, and using cutting-edge innovations in shipbuilding and engineering, its crew puts this brand-new $200 million vessel through the gauntlet to test its unique capabilities.
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#6 - Skyscrapers of the Deep
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/2019
To build the London Array, the world's biggest offshore wind farm, engineers and builders brave the deadly waters of the North Sea; using the latest science and tech, these innovators construct 175 towering turbines that can withstand the most hellish conditions.
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#11 - The Real Iron Man Suit
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/2019
An ambitious team of engineers has created an Iron Man-like jet suit that can propel the user over 30 miles per hour, and using cutting-edge technology, these visionaries have made dreams of the distant future a reality.
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#12 - US Navy's Aircraft Carrier
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/2019
The US Navy's brand-new Ford-class aircraft carrier is the world's largest warship, and using the latest naval and aeronautic technology, engineers and military personnel race to build and test this cutting-edge vessel.
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#13 - Chernobyl's Toughest Fix
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2019
The Chernobyl disaster created one of the world's deadliest places, and as the temporary fix around the damaged reactor begins to fail, engineers race to build a cutting-edge structure to contain the contamination that could threaten the world.
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#15 - Skyscraper of the Future
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/11/2015
Soaring over 2,000 feet into the sky, the Shanghai Tower is the second tallest building in the world, and a futuristic engineering marvel. Discover how cutting-edge technology means that the building's occupants will never feel it sway.
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#17 - The Trains That Built America
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/8/2019
The first railroads in the United States were engineering marvels built to conquer America's deadliest places. Using cutting-edge science, engineers and builders changed the nation by connecting the California frontier with the rest of the country.
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#18 - World’s Greatest Waterworks
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/2020
Engineers in China are constructing the largest and most ambitious water transfer project in human history, defying nature to move vast quantities of water from the south to the dry north in Beijing, all without the use of pumping stations.
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#19 - World's Highest Bridge
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/12/2020
The world's highest bridge impossibly spans an 1,800-foot chasm known as the Crack in the Earth, and to build this engineering marvel, experts use cutting-edge construction technology that can conquer the deadly cliffs of this rugged environment.
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#20 - Conquering Avalanche Country
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/19/2020
Deadly avalanches and catastrophic flooding are ever-present threats at one of the world's busiest ski resorts, but new technology and cutting-edge construction methods help engineers conquer the elements to keep this mountain-top getaway safe.
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#22 - Himalayan Mega Train
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/2019
To build the world's tallest railway, engineers braved a deadly Himalayan environment and its -40 degree temperatures. The cutting-edge $4 billion train system connects one of the planet's most inaccessible cities to a world beyond the ice.
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#23 - NASA's Rocket to Mars
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/16/2016
For NASA to send a person Mars, they will need to build the most powerful rocket ever built. Discover inside story behind the Orion Space Craft, an engineering feat designed to sustain astronauts for years in one of the universe's harshest environments.
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#25 - NYC Mega Build
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/2019
New York City's biggest construction project ever features several brand-new buildings in Manhattan's Hudson Yards, where an army of ambitious engineers and builders are tasked with developing seven city blocks over 24-hour subway trains.
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