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Innovation & Exploration

Innovation and Exploration

INNOVATION & EXPLORATION

In its commitment to exploring important and inspiring topics, Twin Cities PBS rises to the occasion this month by celebrating Innovation & Exploration! During the month of July, TPT will showcase local productions and events, along with groundbreaking PBS documentaries. Visit the farthest reaches of the universe, along with programming featuring past and present innovators with TPT!

SECRETS OF THE DEAD: GALILEO’S MOON

Join experts as they uncover the truth behind the find of the century: an alleged proof copy of Galileo’s “Sidereus Nuncius,” which changed our understanding of the cosmos. This copy included his signature and seemingly original watercolor paintings.

NEW Tuesday, July 2 at 7pm TPT 2

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NOVA: BLACK HOLE APOCALYPSE

Black holes are the most enigmatic and exotic objects in the universe. They’re also the most powerful, with gravity so strong it can actually trap light. And they’re destructive. Anything that falls into them vanishes…gone forever. But now, astrophysicists are realizing that black holes may be essential to understanding how our universe unfolded—possibly leading to life on Earth and us.

NEW Wednesday, July 3 at 8pm TPT 2

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ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: OUT OF THIS WORLD

Explore the universe of space-themed treasures, including NASA Space Program autographed photos, a 1737 celestial & terrestrial atlas, and a Star Trek treatment, script and letters. Have the values of these stellar finds skyrocketed in the market?

NEW Monday, July 8 at 7pm TPT 2

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CHASING THE MOON: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Join American Experience and PBS to relive the journey that defined a generation. Chasing the Moon recasts the Space Age as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama, utilizing a feast of previously overlooked and lost archival material.

NEW Monday, July 8 at 8pm TPT 2

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SPACE MEN: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Meet the pioneering Air Force scientists and pilots whose Project Manhigh, which collected data about the biological and technical factors required to support human activity in space, laid the groundwork for the US space program.

Tuesday, July 9 at 7pm TPT 2

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NOVA: BACK TO THE MOON

Fifty years after humans first set foot on the Moon, new scientific discoveries are fueling excitement for a return to the lunar surface—this time, perhaps, to stay. Join the scientists and engineers working to make life on the Moon a reality.

NEW Wednesday, July 10 at 7pm TPT 2

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FLOUR POWER: MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE

Flour Power explores how milling made Minnesota. The story charts the growth of wheat farming, the harnessing of water power, the founders of the flour milling industry, and the expansion of the industry into global purveyors of industrialized food products.

Monday, July 15 at 9pm TPT 2

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NOVA: APOLLO’S DARING MISSION

Apollo astronauts and engineers tell the inside story of how the first mission to the moon, Apollo 8, pioneered groundbreaking technologies that would pave the way to land a man on the moon and win the space race.

Wednesday, July 17 at 7pm TPT 2

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8 DAYS: TO THE MOON AND BACK

Join Apollo 11 on its historic journey. The film seamlessly blends mission audio featuring conversations among Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins with new footage, NASA archive and stunning CGI to recreate the first moon landing.

NEW Wednesday, July 17 at 8pm TPT 2

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MADE IN ST. PAUL: STORIES FROM THE FORD PLANT: MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE

Built in 1925, the Twin Cities Ford Plant was famous for its classical architecture, on-site hydropower and glass manufacturing. Get the inside story about its role in WWII, the labor movement, the evolution of the city, and the relentless pressure of the assembly line. Produced in partnership with Highland District Council.

Monday, July 22 at 9pm TPT 2

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Ancient Skies

ANCIENT SKIES

Explore the history of the entire universe with Professor Brian Cox, a chorus of singers and dancers, show tunes, and guest stars Warwick Davis, Noel Fielding, Hannah Waddingham and Robin Ince in this comedic musical extravaganza.

EPISODE 1 | Gods and Monsters | NEW Wednesday, July 24 at 7pm TPT 2
EPISODE 2 | Finding The Center | NEW Wednesday, July 31 at 7pm TPT 2

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POV: INVENTING TOMORROW

Passionate teenage innovators from around the globe create cutting-edge solutions to confront the world’s environmental threats—found right in their own backyards—while navigating the doubts and insecurities that mark adolescence. These inspiring teens prepare their projects for the largest convening of high school scientists in the world: the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

NEW Monday, July 29 at 10pm TPT 2

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A YEAR IN SPACE

Fifty years after humans first set foot on the Moon, new scientific discoveries are fueling excitement for a return to the lunar surface—this time, perhaps, to stay. Join the scientists and engineers working to make life on the Moon a reality.

WATCH PART 2 – BEYOND A YEAR IN SPACE

Tuesday, July 30 at 9pm TPT 2

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GENIUS BY STEPHEN HAWKING

Join Professor Stephen Hawking as he reveals our true potential in a series that challenges a selection of volunteers and viewers to think like the greatest geniuses of the past and answer some of humanity’s toughest and most enduring questions.

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BODY HACK

Documentary filmmaker Todd Sampson is fascinated by the human body’s ability to adapt and thrive in extreme scenarios. In the five-part documentary series BODY HACK, he sets out to unlock the secrets of extraordinary individuals, such as deep sea divers and Himalayan Sherpas, who survive against the odds. Using the power of biochemical research, marvelously illustrated with CGI, Todd discovers how to put his own body to the test. By exploring the nature of endurance, fear, resilience, pain, diet and risk-taking, this series celebrates our incredible human potential.

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INNOVATION & EXPLORATION MONTH IS PRESENTED IN PART BY:

All Energy Solar

Twin Cities PBS

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