Episode
Space Brothers: Nitta the Leader
Overview
The astronaut candidates continue their survival training in the desert. Team E has fallen behind the others, but after Nitta takes the lead, they try to pick up the pace.
Details
- Series
- Space Brothers
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 49
- Air date
- 2013-03-16
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Nitta the Leader is Episode 49 in Season 1 of Space Brothers. It aired on 2013-03-16. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 48: Always Have a Pedometer in Your Heart
The first astronaut candidate task is undergoing a survival training course consisting of a six-day trek through the desert. Meanwhile, Mutta is still worried about Amanti's reaction after she read his fortune.
Episode 50: Nitta and Mutta
As the survival training draws to a close, Nitta suddenly tells the team he needs to backtrack due to losing his cell phone, but Mutta stops him. However, Mutta appears to have an idea in mind.
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Episode 44: Three Astronauts
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Episode 43: Brian
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Episode 42: Hibito's Choice
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Episode 41: Eighty Minutes to Live
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