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. Each episode details how giant structures, record-beating buildings, war ships and spacecraft are built and work. As the show revels in these modern day creations, it also leaps back in time to recount the stories of the exceptional engineers whose technological advances made it all possible.
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Jul 15, 2020 · 42m
The world's biggest oil tanker is longer than four football fields and can haul 15,000 trucks worth of oil. Thanks to cutting-edge maritime engineering, this record-breaking vessel makes its deliveries across rough seas quicker and safer than ever.
Jul 22, 2020 · 42m
Engineers in Seattle are building the world's first floating railway bridge, and to tackle this complex engineering challenge, they use new, innovative construction technology that enables high-speed trains to go where they've never gone before.
Jul 29, 2020 · 42m
The Independent, a brand-new skyscraper in Texas is a gravity-defying engineering marvel with a one-of-a-kind shape, and to build it, experts use cutting-edge construction and design that pushes modern-day tower-building to strange and innovative heights.
Aug 5, 2020 · 42m
The world's largest heavy-left ship, the Boka Vanguard, can carry entire cruise ships halfway across the globe without stopping, and to do this, experts use cutting-edge maritime engineering and the latest science for herculean strength and first-class maneuverability.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Impossible Engineering Season 8 premiered on July 15, 2020.
Impossible Engineering Season 8 has 4 episodes.
The season opens with Season 8 Episode 1, "Secrets of the Supertanker (Supertanker Europe)". It aired on July 15, 2020.
Go to Season 8 Episode 1