NOVA
NOVA is a popular science television series produced by WGBH Boston. Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS.It has also won a variety of major television awards, most of them many times over. NOVA often includes interviews with scientists directly involved in the subject, and occasionally footage from the actual moment of a particular discovery. Some episodes have focused on historical aspects of science. Examples of topics include Colditz Castle, Drake equation, elementary particles, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Fermat's last theorem, global warming, moissanite, Project Jennifer, storm chasing, Unterseeboot 869, Vinland and the Tarim mummies.
Genre: Documentary, News
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Episode 15
Wright Brothers’ Flying Machine
aired: Fri, Jun 13, 2008
Orville and Wilbur Wright were remarkable inventors who designed and built their own wings, steering devices, engines, and wind tunnel. But just how did they construct such an impressive flying machine?
Click here to watch on cbs.com Orville and Wilbur Wright were remarkable inventors, mechanics, risk-takers, and visionaries. They designed and built their own wings, steering devices, engines, and wind tunnel. But just how did they construct such an impressive flying machine? It takes a team of modern pilots, builders, aviation experts, and historians joined together to retrace, rebuild and re-fly planes built to the specifications developed by the Wright Brothers a century ago. Vivid footage captures both the Wrights’ own historic flights and the team’s attempt to fly an authentically recreated Wright “Model B.” As modern computer technology meets dusty artifacts, the Wrights’ aviation secrets emerge from the past and seem more impressive than ever. Discover how the Wright Brothers transformed themselves from bicycle mechanics to high-flying inventors who built a machine that changed the world during a mythical flight at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903, and see how they contrived to refine their incredible aircraft.
Episode 10
Ancient Creature of the Deep
aired: Tue, Jan 21, 2003
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Episode 6
Lost Treasures of Tibet
aired: Tue, Feb 18, 2003
Set foot inside an untouched society and get a remarkably rare glimpse of a Tibetan world's dazzling sacred relics. Join the race to save the surviving masterpieces of an ancient Buddhist kingdom.
Click here to watch on cbs.com Set foot inside an untouched society and get a remarkably rare glimpse of a Tibetan world's dazzling sacred relics.
Episode 4
Battle of the X-Planes
aired: Tue, Feb 4, 2003
NOVA goes inside Boeing's Phantom Works and Lockheed's Skunk Works to record classified meetings, fly the most revolutionary planes and examine the high-stakes battle to build the most capable fighter ever created-the Joint Strike Fighter.
Click here to watch on cbs.com NOVA goes behind the doors of Boeing's Phantom Works and Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works to record classified meetings, flies the most revolutionary planes, and examines the high-stakes battle to build the most capable and versatile fighter ever.
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