S13 · E01

Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime

Jan 21, 198655m

NOVA observes worldwide preparations as amateur comet hunters, astronomers and scientists armed with specialized cameras, high powered telescopes and spacecraft look to the heavens in search of the expected arrival in 1986 of Halley's Comet.

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Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime

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