The Impossible Flight

January 31, 2018

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For the first time, two intrepid pilots fly a solar-powered airplane around the world.

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NOVA: Season 45 - 17 Episode s

45x1 - Black Hole Apocalypse
January 10, 2018
Astrophysicist and novelist Janna Levin talks about black holes and their importance to the universe.
45x2 - The Impossible Flight
January 31, 2018
For the first time, two intrepid pilots fly a solar-powered airplane around the world.
45x3 - First Face of America
February 7, 2018
Discover remains of a 13,000 year-old teenager in an underwater cave in Mexico.
45x4 - Great Escape at Dunkirk
February 14, 2018
How courage and ingenuity saved Allied troops during the epic Dunkirk operation in 1940.
45x5 - Prediction by the Numbers
February 28, 2018
Discover why some predictions succeed and others fail as experts forecast the future.
45x6 - Decoding the Weather Machine
April 18, 2018
Disastrous hurricanes. Widespread droughts and wildfires. Withering heat. Extreme rainfall. It is hard not to conclude that something’s up with the weather, and many scientists agree. It’s the result of the weather machine itself—our climate—changing, becoming hotter and more erratic. In this 2-hour documentary, NOVA will cut through the confusion around climate change.
45x7 - Rise of the Superstorms
June 27, 2018
In just one devastating month, Houston, Florida, and the Caribbean were changed forever. In summer 2017, three monster hurricanes swept in from the Atlantic one after another, shattering storm records and killing hundreds of people. As the planet warms, are these superstorms the new normal? How well can we predict them?
45x8 - Transplanting Hope
September 26, 2018
NOVA takes you inside the operating room to witness organ transplant teams transferring organs from donors to recipients. Meet families navigating both sides of a transplant, and researchers working to end the organ shortage. Their efforts to understand organ rejection, discover ways to keep organs alive outside the body, and even grow artificial organs with stem cells, could save countless lives.
45x9 - Operation Bridge Rescue
October 3, 2018
Follow the race to rebuild the Old Blenheim Bridge in New York State, an icon of 19th century American engineering, destroyed by Hurricane Irene in 2011. Watch a team of elite craftsmen faithfully reproduce the massive, intricate wooden structure under grueling time pressure as flooding threatens their worksite.
45x10 - Volatile Earth: Volcano on Fire
October 10, 2018
Climb with volcano experts to the summit of Nyiragongo, a highly active volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Twice in recent memory it has erupted, devastating Goma, a neighboring city of 1 million people. To investigate when it might erupt next, scientists climb into its crater toward a bubbling lava lake to deploy sensors and monitor the volcano’s activity.
45x11 - Volatile Earth: Volcano on the Brink
October 10, 2018
Explore Nyamuragira, one of the world’s most active and mysterious volcanoes in Africa. Decades of civil strife have prevented scientists from investigating the volcano, but a brief pause allows an international team of experts to fly by helicopter to the summit to investigate. Discover the volcano’s hidden dangers and probe whether magma pressure is building up to threaten another eruption.
45x12 - Addiction
October 17, 2018
Hear firsthand from individuals struggling with addiction and follow the cutting-edge work of doctors and scientists as they investigate why addiction is not a moral failing, but a chronic, treatable medical condition. Easy access to drugs like heroin, fentanyl, and even prescription medications like OxyContin has fueled an epidemic of addiction—the deadliest in U.S. history.
45x13 - Flying Supersonic
October 24, 2018
NOVA takes you inside the historic international race to develop the first supersonic airliner, the Concorde. Hear stories from those inside the choreographed effort to design and build Concorde in two countries at once—and the crew members who flew her. Then, follow Concorde’s legacy to a new generation of innovators reviving the dream of supersonic passenger travel today.
45x14 - Last B-24
November 7, 2018
Dive to the bottom of the Adriatic Sea in search of the Tulsamerican, a B-24 bomber that crashed off the coast of Croatia during World War II. In 2010, divers located the plane. Now the Department of Defense, aided by the Croatian Navy and some of the world’s leading underwater archaeologists, sets to work investigating the wreckage.
45x15 - Thai Cave Rescue
November 14, 2018
In July 2018, the world held its breath as an international team of cave divers endeavored to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach stranded deep in a flooded cave in Thailand. Follow the harrowing operation and discover the scientific ingenuity that made the rescue possible.
45x16 - World's Fastest Animal
November 21, 2018
See the world through the eyes of nature’s fastest animal: the peregrine falcon. Though once perilously endangered in the U.S., this spectacular predator is now thriving again in American cities and on every continent but Antarctica. What is the secret to its predatory prowess? Join expert falconer Lloyd Buck as he trains a captive peregrine and puts its hunting skills to the test.
45x17 - Apollo's Daring Mission
December 26, 2018
Apollo astronauts and engineers tell the inside story of Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon. The U.S. space program suffered a bitter setback when Apollo 1 ended in a deadly fire during a pre-launch run-through. In disarray, and threatened by the prospect of a Soviet Union victory in the space race, NASA decided upon a radical and risky change of plan: turn Apollo 8 from an earth-orbit mission into a daring sprint to the moon while relying on untried new technologies. Fifty years after the historic mission, the Apollo 8 astronauts and engineers recount the feats of engineering that paved the way to the moon.

45x1 - Black Hole Apocalypse

45x2 - The Impossible Flight

45x3 - First Face of America

45x4 - Great Escape at Dunkirk

45x5 - Prediction by the Numbers

45x6 - Decoding the Weather Machine

45x7 - Rise of the Superstorms

45x8 - Transplanting Hope

45x9 - Operation Bridge Rescue

45x10 - Volatile Earth: Volcano on Fire

45x11 - Volatile Earth: Volcano on the Brink

45x12 - Addiction

45x13 - Flying Supersonic

45x14 - Last B-24

45x15 - Thai Cave Rescue

45x16 - World's Fastest Animal

45x17 - Apollo's Daring Mission

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