An exploration in the 2003 space shuttle Columbia tragedy, with interviews from NASA engineer Rodney Rocha, flight director Leroy Cain, astronauts and the Columbia Accident Investigation Board members. Also, a detailed look at the history of the space shuttle program and the design changes made which may have played a role in both the Challenger and Columbia explosions and a look at what lays ahead for the program.

NOVA Season 36 Episodes...

• s36e01 - Arctic Dinosaurs
• s36e02 - Space Shuttle Disaster
• s36e03 - Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
• s36e04 - Fractals: Hunting The Hidden Dimension
• s36e05 - Alien From Earth
• s36e06 - The Bible's Buried Secrets
• s36e07 - Ocean Animal Emergency
• s36e08 - Is There Life On Mars?
• s36e09 - The Big Energy Gamble
• s36e10 - The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
• s36e11 - The Spy Factory
• s36e12 - Rat Attack
• s36e13 - Extreme Ice
• s36e14 - Last Extinction (Megabeasts' Sudden Death)
• s36e15 - Doctors' Diaries Pt.1
• s36e16 - Doctors' Diaries Pt.2
• s36e17 - Musical Minds

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.