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- Special examines the origins of the Freemasons and their putative roots in the stonemasons of the Temple of Solomon and the Knights Templar, the impact of the Freemasons on the Age of Enlightenment and the founding of the American republic, populist anti-Masonic hysteria of the 19th century, and freemasonry today.
- Inventors have tried for many years to produce a commercially successful car plane. Now with a car that can fly for three hours and a GPS flying program to manage airborne traffic, the future is not as far off as it seems.
- Jet packs or rocket belts have been around since the 1960s, but after 50 years of development they remain dangerously difficult to control and are still limited to about 30 seconds of flying time. Will improvements in technology make them safer and more practical in the future?
- Follow Smithsonian visitors as they feed cheetahs, learn about samurai tea, and see a kite that helped win a war.
- Of the millions of artifacts on display and tucked away at the Smithsonian Institutions, some objects are bigger than others and even supersized. From a 60-pound salamander to a 17-foot-long beard, follow a few lucky visitors as they're taken behind the scenes to encounter some larger-than-life items. Then follow other visitors on two off-site adventures, as one gets a lesson in 22-foot tall totem-pole carving and the other encounters the fossils of a prehistoric, 500-pound sloth.
- The StratEx stratospheric suit, memorabilia of the Little Rock Nine, early fire helmets, Rose Valland and modern cultural artifact rescue, the first artificial heart transplant, and tightrope walkers including Maria Spelterini.
- Examining how the futuristic world of flying cars is becoming a reality, and how this may bring even more obstacles in the future.
- Scientists, inventors and innovators are pushing the boundaries of vehicles that can take off vertically, but will still be available to the everyday person.