NOVA S36E2: "Space Shuttle Disaster"
From NOVA · Season 36 · Episode 2
Season 36 episodes
17 total
Arctic Dinosaurs
Space Shuttle Disaster
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
Hunting The Hidden Dimension
Alien From Earth
The Bible's Buried Secrets
Ocean Animal Emergency
Is There Life On Mars?
The Big Energy Gamble
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
The Spy Factory
Rat Attack
Extreme Ice
Last Extinction
Doctors' Diaries Pt.1
Doctors' Diaries Pt.2
Musical Minds
About this Episode
At the end of a nearly flawless 15-day mission in early 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere, killing the crew of seven men and women. In this documentary, NOVA probes the accident and the decisions stretching back four decades that made the tragedy almost inevitable. It offers a penetrating look at the history of the shuttle program and the political pressures that made the shuttle a highly complex engineering compromise, which fell short of its ambitious goal to make space travel routine, cheap, and safe.
About NOVA — S36E2 on Zoovie
Watch NOVA Season 36 Episode 2 — "Space Shuttle Disaster" free in HD on Zoovie. The default Server 1 (vidlink.pro) usually loads fastest; if it stalls, switch to Servers 2-5 using the buttons under the player. Use the episode-switcher sidebar to jump between episodes within Season 36 without going back to the season page. Runtime: 55 minutes. Originally aired 2008-10-14. For the next episode, click the "Next: EP 3" button below. Browse all NOVA seasons or explore other TV shows on Zoovie.