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Challenger: The Final Flight

Four-part docuseries on the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, unpacking an indelible moment for a generation of Americans.

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N/A

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Genre

documentary, history

Production

Bad Robot,Sutter Road Picture Company,Zipper Bros Films

Awards

2 nominations

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https://www.netflix.com/title/81012137

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[male anchor] Meanwhile,
the crew is going through the routine - Challenger: The Final Flight

[male anchor] Meanwhile, the crew is going through the routi...

She always kept a journal
and hoped that I would do the same. - Challenger: The Final Flight

She always kept a journal and hoped that I would do the same...

[man] What was that part?
That must've been one of the boosters. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[man] What was that part? That must've been one of the ...

This journal entry is July 4th, 1985, - Challenger: The Final Flight

This journal entry is July 4th, 1985,

[woman] Oh, look! There's two.
It's going off into two-- - Challenger: The Final Flight

[woman] Oh, look! There's two. It's going off into...

"So there's been
quite a bit of excitement recently. - Challenger: The Final Flight

"So there's been quite a bit of excitement recentl...

[crowd cheering] - Challenger: The Final Flight

[crowd cheering]

[man] That didn't look right.
That's trouble of some kind, George. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[man] That didn't look right. That's trouble of so...

Each state elected two representatives, - Challenger: The Final Flight

Each state elected two representatives,

Christa runs, plays sports,
does not drink much, and never smoked, - Challenger: The Final Flight

Christa runs, plays sports, does not drink much, and never s...

[male anchor 1] Christa McAuliffe and
her six crewmates are preparing for a go. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[male anchor 1] Christa McAuliffe and her six crewmates are ...

My husband, Bob, his sister, Sally,
and mother, Gert - Challenger: The Final Flight

My husband, Bob, his sister, Sally, and mother, Gert

This good-looking group off to my right,
I'd like to introduce them one at a time. - Challenger: The Final Flight

This good-looking group off to my right, I'd like to in...

Ellison Onizuka is our expert
on the tracking data relay satellite. - Challenger: The Final Flight

Ellison Onizuka is our expert on the tracking data relay sat...

[Onizuka] I've been looking forward
to this for a long time, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Onizuka] I've been looking forward to this for a long ...

[Scobee] Ron McNair is our expert
on the Spartan Halley, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Scobee] Ron McNair is our expert on the Spartan Halley,

[overlapping murmurs and chatter] - Challenger: The Final Flight

[overlapping murmurs and chatter]

[Ron McNair] My sense of anticipation
is greater this time than the first. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Ron McNair] My sense of anticipation is greater this time t...

I know how much fun it is and how
fascinating the entire experience is. - Challenger: The Final Flight

I know how much fun it is and how fascinating the entire exp...

- [man] T-minus three minutes and counting.
- [man 2] 3:30 and counting. - Challenger: The Final Flight

- [man] T-minus three minutes and counting. - [man 2] 3:30 a...

[Resnik] I've pursued my career
on my own merits, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Resnik] I've pursued my career on my own merits,

[cheering] - Challenger: The Final Flight

[June Scobee Rodgers]
Christa's husband, Steve McAuliffe, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[June Scobee Rodgers] Christa's husband, Steve McAuliff...

[audience applauding] - Challenger: The Final Flight

[audience applauding]

[Jarvis] I've been charged up
since last March, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Jarvis] I've been charged up since last March,

My son, who was
a pilot engineer himself… - Challenger: The Final Flight

My son, who was a pilot engineer himself…

It's back. Look at this,
three people know. - Challenger: The Final Flight

It's back. Look at this, three people know.

[Smith] What I'm really looking forward to
is the experience of seeing all the things - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Smith] What I'm really looking forward to is the exper...

And I thought,
"This is not gonna be good." - Challenger: The Final Flight

And I thought, "This is not gonna be good."

Right now, people don't even follow
the spa-- I mean, it's… - Challenger: The Final Flight

Right now, people don't even follow the spa-- I mean, i...

[man] Just a couple of minutes, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[man] Just a couple of minutes,

They're trained for emergencies.
They'll go land over here. It'll be okay." - Challenger: The Final Flight

They're trained for emergencies. They'll go land o...

Maybe they should send up some guy
that doesn't want to go. - Challenger: The Final Flight

Maybe they should send up some guy that doesn't want to...

[audience laughing] - Challenger: The Final Flight

[audience laughing]

[McAuliffe] As the first
Space Participant, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[McAuliffe] As the first Space Participant,

Wouldn't you watch? I mean, I think
everybody would watch that, you know… - Challenger: The Final Flight

Wouldn't you watch? I mean, I think everybody would wat...

[Barbara Morgan] I remember coming down
and just running as quickly as I could - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Barbara Morgan] I remember coming down and just running as ...

I think it's gonna be very exciting
for kids to be able to turn on the TV - Challenger: The Final Flight

I think it's gonna be very exciting for kids to be able...

[audience laughing] - Challenger: The Final Flight

[audience laughing]

[man 1] The ground launch sequencer - Challenger: The Final Flight

[man 1] The ground launch sequencer

I was just saying, "Dick, Mike, - Challenger: The Final Flight

I was just saying, "Dick, Mike,

[Scobee] If somebody's gonna light
a six-and-a-half-million-pound candle - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Scobee] If somebody's gonna light a six-and-a-half-mil...

I think the public anticipated something
more than what they got. - Challenger: The Final Flight

I think the public anticipated something more than what they...

[operator] Stand by. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[operator] Stand by.

When it becomes routine,
people lose interest in it, - Challenger: The Final Flight

When it becomes routine, people lose interest in it,

[male anchor] A crowd
of some 500 spectators, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[male anchor] A crowd of some 500 spectators,

It was second page,
third page, eighth page. - Challenger: The Final Flight

It was second page, third page, eighth page.

I never even tried to make a call
to the Challenger crew. - Challenger: The Final Flight

I never even tried to make a call to the Challenger crew.

That was my metric that I used - Challenger: The Final Flight

That was my metric that I used

T-minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six… - Challenger: The Final Flight

T-minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six…

[operator] We are now looking
at all the contingency operations - Challenger: The Final Flight

[operator] We are now looking at all the contingency operati...

They got bored with flying to the moon,
you know, the American public. - Challenger: The Final Flight

They got bored with flying to the moon, you know, the Americ...

So why wouldn't they get bored
with flying around the Earth? - Challenger: The Final Flight

So why wouldn't they get bored with flying around the E...

We worried about it a lot because - Challenger: The Final Flight

We worried about it a lot because

And liftoff. - Challenger: The Final Flight

And I remember having to really
grip my legs hard - Challenger: The Final Flight

And I remember having to really grip my legs hard

NASA began to think
this was time for us to bring in - Challenger: The Final Flight

NASA began to think this was time for us to bring in

The day is coming when you don't
have to be an astrophysicist - Challenger: The Final Flight

The day is coming when you don't have to be an astrophy...

[woman] When the Challenger exploded,
none of us knew. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[woman] When the Challenger exploded, none of us knew.

NASA, in fact, is looking
for the first non-astronaut - Challenger: The Final Flight

NASA, in fact, is looking for the first non-astronaut

We weren't savvy in what
it was supposed to look like. - Challenger: The Final Flight

We weren't savvy in what it was supposed to look like.

Three engines are running normally.
Three good fuel cells. Three good APUs. - Challenger: The Final Flight

Three engines are running normally. Three good fuel cells. T...

The opportunity for the public,
in some form, - Challenger: The Final Flight

The opportunity for the public, in some form,

A teacher started yelling,
"Stop! It exploded!" - Challenger: The Final Flight

A teacher started yelling, "Stop! It exploded!"

[man 3] Altitude 4.3 nautical miles,
downrange distance three nautical miles. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[man 3] Altitude 4.3 nautical miles, downrange distance thre...

[Nesbitt] I remember hearing a lot of
names like Tom Wolfe or Walter Cronkite. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Nesbitt] I remember hearing a lot of names like Tom Wolfe o...

Almost every news anchor in the country
wanted to be the one to go up. - Challenger: The Final Flight

Almost every news anchor in the country wanted to be the one...

[Leslie Serna] We all just sat there
in awe about what had taken place. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Leslie Serna] We all just sat there in awe about what had t...

Writers, journalists, - Challenger: The Final Flight

Writers, journalists,

[Scobee] Roger, go with throttle up. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Scobee] Roger, go with throttle up.

Dad put his hand in his face - Challenger: The Final Flight

Dad put his hand in his face

[Joan Rivers] What's your one big fantasy? - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Joan Rivers] What's your one big fantasy?

-It's wonderful.
-[applause] - Challenger: The Final Flight

-It's wonderful. -[applause]

[Russell] I noticed in front of the room,
that the senior engineer got up and left. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Russell] I noticed in front of the room, that the senior en...

And I left a little bit after him.
And I went down to his-- his, uh… - Challenger: The Final Flight

And I left a little bit after him. And I went down to his-- ...

All kinds of people have applied to fly
on the shuttle: - Challenger: The Final Flight

All kinds of people have applied to fly on the shuttle:

I went down to his office,
and he was in tears. - Challenger: The Final Flight

I went down to his office, and he was in tears.

And it seemed that there was no question
in either one of our minds that, uh… - Challenger: The Final Flight

And it seemed that there was no question in either one of ou...

Today, I'm directing NASA
to begin a search - Challenger: The Final Flight

Today, I'm directing NASA to begin a search

And we just felt terrible about it. - Challenger: The Final Flight

And we just felt terrible about it.

[reporter] There's Larry Speakes
in the White House Briefing Room. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[reporter] There's Larry Speakes in the White House Bri...

[woman 2] My husband and I
were watching the evening news, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[woman 2] My husband and I were watching the evening news,

He is, uh, very anxious to have
more information on it. - Challenger: The Final Flight

He is, uh, very anxious to have more information on it.

At the moment, as I say, - Challenger: The Final Flight

At the moment, as I say,

But when that shuttle lifts off, - Challenger: The Final Flight

But when that shuttle lifts off,

[crowd clamoring] - Challenger: The Final Flight

[crowd clamoring]

[Barbara] And so,
I went to school the very next day - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Barbara] And so, I went to school the very next day

[static skipping] - Challenger: The Final Flight

[static skipping]

By the time I get there, I mean,
it's an absolute chaotic… - Challenger: The Final Flight

By the time I get there, I mean, it's an absolute chaot...

Three of us went to see
our superintendent. - Challenger: The Final Flight

Three of us went to see our superintendent.

Challenger: The Final Flight poster

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Four-part docuseries on the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, unpacking an indelible moment for a generation of Americans.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: N/A

Writer: Steven Leckart, Glen Zipper

Production: Bad Robot,Sutter Road Picture Company,Zipper Bros Films

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice:

Released: 16 Sep 2020

Awards: 2 nominations

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81012137