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January 21, 1986

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HDTV 1986 5 months ago

NOVA

NOVA

Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime #S13E01

55 min 1974 5 months ago

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55m 1986 33

NOVA S13 E01 1974

Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime

NOVA · Season 13, Episode 1

NOVA observes worldwide preparations as amateur comet hunters, astronomers and scientists armed with specialized cameras, high powered telescopes and spacecraft look to the heavens in search of the expected arrival in 1986 of Halley's Comet.

Episode 1 of Season 13 from NOVA — available to stream in HD on any device.

Country United States

Genre

Documentary

Released

03 Mar, 1974

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1 Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime 2 Goddess of the Earth 3 Horsemen of China 4 Life's First Feelings 5 The Case of the Frozen Addict 6 Toxic Trials 7 Skydive to the Rain Forest 8 Return of the Osprey 9 The Rise of a Wonder Drug 10 When Wonder Drugs Don't Work 11 Visions of Star Wars 12 The Search for the Disappeared 13 The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side 14 High-Tech Babies 15 Can AIDS Be Stopped? 16 Is Anybody Out There? 17 Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders 18 Are You Swimming in a Sewer? 19 Sail Wars! 20 Leprosy Can Be Cured! 21 How Babies Get Made

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