NOVA - Season 30

NOVA - Season 30

Season 30

Spies that Fly

Nova recounts the history of the development of military unmanned aerial vehicles along with the opportunities and challenges they present.

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DatesSept. 3, 2002 - Apr. 15, 2003
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Episodes

Killer Disease on Campus
Season 30Episode 160 min

Killer Disease on Campus

Doctors combat the deadliest form of meningitis, which strikes young people out of the blue.
Sept. 3, 2002
Mysterious Life of Caves
Season 30Episode 260 min

Mysterious Life of Caves

Toxic caverns teeming with strange life-forms spark a radical theory of how caves take shape.
Okt. 1, 2002
Lost Roman Treasure
Season 30Episode 360 min

Lost Roman Treasure

Experts rescue priceless mosaics from an ancient city about to vanish beneath a reservoir.
Okt. 8, 2002
Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
Season 30Episode 460 min

Galileo's Battle for the Heavens

Galileo struggles to persuade church authorities of the truth behind his astonishing discoveries about the cosmos.
Okt. 29, 2002
Volcano's Deadly Warning
Season 30Episode 560 min

Volcano's Deadly Warning

A man obsessed with understanding volcanoes comes up with a radical new way to predict eruptions.
Nov. 12, 2002
Sinking City of Venice
Season 30Episode 660 min

Sinking City of Venice

Experts struggle to save the City of Canals before it vanishes beneath the waves
Nov. 19, 2002
The Orchid Hunter
Season 30Episode 760 min

The Orchid Hunter

NOVA investigates an all-consuming passion for orchids, nature's most highly evolved plant.
Nov. 26, 2002
Spies That Fly
Season 30Episode 860 min

Spies That Fly

Nova recounts the history of the development of military unmanned aerial vehicles along with the opportunities and challenges they present.

Jan. 7, 2003
Last Flight of Bomber 31
Season 30Episode 960 min

Last Flight of Bomber 31

Forensic scientists set out to discover what happened to seven American airmen whose plane crashed in Kamchatka during World War II.
Jan. 14, 2003
Ancient Creature of the Deep
Season 30Episode 1060 min

Ancient Creature of the Deep

Meet the coelacanth, a bizarre fish and "living fossil" that has changed little in its 400 million years on Earth.
Jan. 21, 2003
Battle of the X-Planes
Season 30Episode 1160 min

Battle of the X-Planes

Two aviation giants, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, compete to build the next-generation fighter jet.
Feb. 4, 2003
Mountain of Ice
Season 30Episode 1260 min

Mountain of Ice

Jon Krakauer and fellow mountaineers pioneer a new route on a scientific expedition up Antarctica's highest peak.
Feb. 11, 2003
Lost Treasures of Tibet
Season 30Episode 1360 min

Lost Treasures of Tibet

A crack restoration team tries to prevent priceless medieval Buddhist murals from crumbling into dust.
Feb. 18, 2003
Dirty Bomb
Season 30Episode 1460 min

Dirty Bomb

Radiation experts play out a frightening terrorist scenario—exploding a bomb laden with radioactive materials.
Feb. 25, 2003
Deep Sea Invasion
Season 30Episode 1560 min

Deep Sea Invasion

A toxic aquarium plant is accidentally released into the Mediterranean, overwhelming marine life and threatening to spread worldwide.
Apr. 1, 2003
Secret of Photo 51
Season 30Episode 1660 min

Secret of Photo 51

Meet Rosalind Franklin, the unsung heroine behind the discovery of DNA's double helix
Apr. 15, 2003

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