Rocky Balboa, campione indiscusso, viene messo K.O. dal potente nero "Mr. T". L'allenatore Micky muore e Rocky è fisicamente e psicologicamente a pezzi. Sarà il nemico di sempre, Apollo Creed, ad aiutarlo a ritrovare la giusta coindizione e a guidarlo alla riconquista del titolo.

L'ex pugile Rocky Balboa, dopo la morte di Adriana, gestisce un piccolo ristorante a Philadelphia. Tornerà sul ring per un ultimo indimenticabile scontro contro il giovane campione mondiale in carica.

Fisicamente invecchiato e rovinato da affaristi privi di scrupoli, Rocky ritrova la voglia di vivere per la sua famiglia e per allenare un giovane promettente che finirà per rivoltarglisi contro.

An embittered old man is obsessed with conquering the Niagara River and Niagara Falls. He endangers his sons' lives by forcing them to challenge the falls by going over them in a barrel.

On January 28, 1986, NASA Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in tragedy when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. On board was physicist Ronald E. McNair, the second African American to enter space. But first, he was a kid with big dreams in Lake City, South Carolina.

The complex engineering challenges that make re-entry into the earth's atmosphere so dangerous. Scientists have labored for years to bring a crew safely home in what is essentially a meteorite, wrapped in a cocoon of fire, hurtling towards earth six times faster than the fastest bullet. Scientific experts from NASA explain the significance of Columbia's events as they unfolded, offer insights into what may have caused them and how those key events contributed to the shuttle’s ultimate destruction.