NOVA scienceNOW - S03E03: Saving Hubble, First Primates, Iraqibacter
Saving Hubble - Two teams of spacewalkers take on the risky mission of reviving the ailing Space Telescope. First Primates - Our most distant primate ancestors, which lived about 55 million years ago, were tree-dwellers the size of mice. Profile: Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa - He jumped the fence from Mexico to work as a farmhand and ended up a leading brain surgeon. Killer Microbe - A relatively benign bug becomes a highly lethal pathogen, known to U.S. soldiers as Iraqibacter.
Cast: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ziya Tong, Peter Standring, Chad Cohen
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NOVA scienceNOW S03E03 Synopsis
NOVA scienceNOW "Saving Hubble, First Primates, Iraqibacter" is part of the 1337x catalog. Originally aired on 2008-07-09, this episode is part of Season 3 of NOVA scienceNOW. Featuring performances from Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ziya Tong, Peter Standring among the cast. As part of this Documentary and News series, the episode continues to build on the show's compelling narrative. Saving Hubble - Two teams of spacewalkers take on the risky mission of reviving the ailing Space Telescope. First Primates - Our most distant primate ancestors, which lived about 55 million years ago, were tree-dwellers the size of mice. Profile: A...
