Does life exist outside this planet? The Viking lander will set down on Mars in July 1976 to try to find out just that. NOVA explores how life started on Earth and examines the Viking Lander being built in its germ-free room before starting its long journey.
1. The Making of a Natural History Film
Aired: Mar 3, 1974NOVA premieres on public television with a behind-the-scenes look at the maki...
Aired: Mar 10, 1974 This episode takes a look at the Colorado River and its impact on the lives o...
Aired: Mar 17, 1974 NOVA explores the impact of whaling and the goods it produces for the industr...
Aired: Mar 24, 1974 Does life exist outside this planet? The Viking lander will set down on Mars ...
Aired: Mar 31, 1974 How does a primitive nomadic tribe of the Amazon basin cope with the encroach...
Aired: Apr 7, 1974 The story honored the men who revolutionized medicine in the 19th century by ...
Aired: Apr 14, 1974 In 1054 AD, the Chinese recorded the explosion of a star so bright that it li...
8. Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird Navigation
Aired: Apr 21, 1974Birds migrate in search of perpetual summer, sometimes traveling as much as 2...
9. Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?
Aired: Apr 28, 1974The advance of medicine depends inevitably on the testing of experimental pro...
Aired: May 5, 1974 Washoe is a chimp more like a person: she talks with her hands. NOVA visits w...
11. The Case of the Midwife Toad
Aired: May 12, 1974When Paul Kammerer committed suicide in 1926, it was taken by most of his fel...
12. Fusion: The Energy of Promise
Aired: May 19, 1974Nuclear fusion offers the promises of an unlimited, clean source of energy. B...
13. The Mystery of the Anasazi
Aired: May 26, 1974Who were the people that built the first cities -- complete with apartment bl...
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Current Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary
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