NOVA; Space Shuttle Disaster
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- Space Shuttle Disaster
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Premiered March 1974 NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. 1996 marked NOVA's 23rd season, which makes it the longest-running science program on national television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Series release date: 3/3/1974
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On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas just 16 minutes before it was due to land. All seven astronauts aboard perished and the implications for the future of the space shuttle program were enormous. What caused the Columbia tragedy? An engineering flaw? A failure within NASA? A lack of financing? Could this catastrophe have been avoided? Through interviews with astronauts and their families, as well as with members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, "Space Shuttle Disaster" gives viewers a new look at the Columbia tragedy - and at NASA itself. From the creation of NASA through decades of technical and financial compromises, the program gets to the heart of what went wrong - and how to make sure it never happens again. In HD where available.
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- Chicago: “NOVA; Space Shuttle Disaster,” WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed January 17, 2018, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_52E7E02F7E5843C5A2590582642B2670.
- MLA: “NOVA; Space Shuttle Disaster.” WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. January 17, 2018. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_52E7E02F7E5843C5A2590582642B2670>.
- APA: NOVA; Space Shuttle Disaster. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_52E7E02F7E5843C5A2590582642B2670