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NOVA scienceNOW•Season 3•Episode 3

Saving Hubble, First Primates, Iraqibacter

Jul 9, 2008

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

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Seasons6

All 1 2 3 4 5 6

Season 3 Episodes10

Dark Matter, Mice, Crowd Wisdom

Personal Genome; Digital Art Authentication; Carbon Sequestration; Pardis Sabeti Profile

Saving Hubble, First Primates, Iraqibacter

Bird Brains, Space Storms, Smart Bridges

Leeches; SETI; Stem Cells; Edith Widder

Phoenix; Mammoth Mystery; Judah Folkman Tribute

Aging, Space Elevator, Maya from Space

Mass Extinction, 1918 Flu, Papyrus

Asteroid, Island of Stability, Karl Iagnemma

T-Rex Blood, Epigenetics, Kryptos

Cast4

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Host

Z

Ziya Tong

Self (Correspondent)

P

Peter Standring

Self (Correspondent)

C

Chad Cohen

Self (Correspondent)

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Episode Summary

"Saving Hubble, First Primates, Iraqibacter" is episode 3 of NOVA scienceNOW season 3. It aired on July 9, 2008.

Next: E4 · Bird Brains, Space Storms, Smart Bridges Best of Season 3