NOVA S21E10 · Aircraft Carrier!

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NOVA experiences the relentless, round-the-clock life aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier, Independence-where every day is a constant drill of launching and landing aircraft atop a floating city of 5,000 people. The action includes Top Gun mock combat exercises and live-ammunition patrols over Iraq.

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3. 3 3. Daredevils of the Sky1994-02-01 · 55mNOVA follows members of the US Aerobatic Team as they prepare for and compete in the 1992 World Aerobatic Championship. The sport, as precisely choreographed as gymnastics-except t
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5. 5 5. Can Chimps Talk?1994-02-15 · 55mNOVA covers exciting and controversial research with chimpanzees who have been trained to express themselves with human symbols. Are they speaking their minds? Or are they just api
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14. 14 14. What's New About Menopause1994-11-01 · 55mNOVA tackles the long-taboo subject of menopause, profiling new research and examining the medical and ethical controversies that arise when science enables women to postpone menop
15. 15 15. The Tribe that Time Forgot1994-11-08 · 55mNOVA travels deep into the Amazon wilderness in search of a mysterious tribe- a tribe that dismembered and partially ate three prospectors in 1976. Locating the group, NOVA lives w
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18. 18 18. Rescue Mission in Space1994-12-06 · 55mHobbled by defective eyesight because of its original, bungled prescription, the Hubble Space Telescope was recently repaired in a dramatic Space Shuttle mission. NOVA follows the
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