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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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He thought it was crazy
that we wanted to go into space. [laughs] - Challenger: The Final Flight

He thought it was crazy that we wanted to go into space. [la...

Ladies and gentlemen, I have covered
the space shuttle launches - Challenger: The Final Flight

Ladies and gentlemen, I have covered the space shuttle launc...

And NASA public affairs was, like… - Challenger: The Final Flight

And NASA public affairs was, like…

Everybody has a fantasy.
My fantasy was to be an astronaut. - Challenger: The Final Flight

Everybody has a fantasy. My fantasy was to be an astronaut.

[screaming and crying] - Challenger: The Final Flight

[screaming and crying]

The competition is gonna be stiff, - Challenger: The Final Flight

The competition is gonna be stiff,

[June] They took us on a bus
to the crew quarters. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[June] They took us on a bus to the crew quarters.

[Scobee Rogers] The competition
with these 11,000 teachers - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Scobee Rogers] The competition with these 11,000 teachers

And, sitting in that bus,
we stopped at a stop light. - Challenger: The Final Flight

And, sitting in that bus, we stopped at a stop light.

[Barbara]
We went to the NASA Johnson Space Center, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Barbara] We went to the NASA Johnson Space Center,

And then I heard them say
"major malfunction," - Challenger: The Final Flight

And then I heard them say "major malfunction,"

Around me, everywhere on the streets,
people were parked, - Challenger: The Final Flight

Around me, everywhere on the streets, people were parked,

[anchor]
Even though they just arrived this week, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[anchor] Even though they just arrived this week,

Some people were
at the steering wheels, weeping. - Challenger: The Final Flight

Some people were at the steering wheels, weeping.

[voice trembling] Some people were out
banging on the hood of their cars. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[voice trembling] Some people were out banging on the hood o...

I knew-- I knew something really,
really bad had happened. - Challenger: The Final Flight

I knew-- I knew something really, really bad had happened.

[Lisa] My sister Christa was always
a very special person. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Lisa] My sister Christa was always a very special person.

[Tom Brokaw] There are rescue ships
and other vehicles now, other helicopters, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Tom Brokaw] There are rescue ships and other vehicles now, ...

Growing up in a very small house… - Challenger: The Final Flight

Growing up in a very small house…

No... No word whatsoever, uh,
on what may have happened. - Challenger: The Final Flight

No... No word whatsoever, uh, on what may have happened.

Christa, my younger sister Betsy,
and I shared a room. - Challenger: The Final Flight

Christa, my younger sister Betsy, and I shared a room.

If I had to speculate, - Challenger: The Final Flight

If I had to speculate,

There is no word from NASA,
no word from the rescue vehicles, - Challenger: The Final Flight

There is no word from NASA, no word from the rescue vehicles...

I remember when she would go out on dates
with her boyfriend, Steve. - Challenger: The Final Flight

I remember when she would go out on dates with her boyfriend...

It was what engineers call
a catastrophic failure, - Challenger: The Final Flight

It was what engineers call a catastrophic failure,

[indistinct clamoring] - Challenger: The Final Flight

[indistinct clamoring]

When I would wake up in the morning, - Challenger: The Final Flight

When I would wake up in the morning,

[man] The shuttle had
an information stream - Challenger: The Final Flight

[man] The shuttle had an information stream

So it was a mad rush to try to get experts
to tell you what could've gone wrong, - Challenger: The Final Flight

So it was a mad rush to try to get experts to tell you what ...

I mean, they had enormous amounts of data - Challenger: The Final Flight

I mean, they had enormous amounts of data

So we're all thinking, - Challenger: The Final Flight

So we're all thinking,

[Tom Brokaw] In slow-motion now. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Tom Brokaw] In slow-motion now.

She and Steve both graduated college,
and they got married. - Challenger: The Final Flight

She and Steve both graduated college, and they got married.

It was what, uh, engineers call
a catastrophic failure. - Challenger: The Final Flight

It was what, uh, engineers call a catastrophic failure.

She had the belief that
she could do extraordinary things, - Challenger: The Final Flight

She had the belief that she could do extraordinary things,

Several things had to go wrong at once, - Challenger: The Final Flight

Several things had to go wrong at once,

When Christa saw the Apollo go up, - Challenger: The Final Flight

When Christa saw the Apollo go up,

The real question that remains
to be answered of course is - Challenger: The Final Flight

The real question that remains to be answered of course is

The shuttle had a telemetry stream
that was really unbelievable. - Challenger: The Final Flight

The shuttle had a telemetry stream that was really unbelieva...

I mean, they had enormous amounts of data - Challenger: The Final Flight

I mean, they had enormous amounts of data

So we were waiting for NASA to tell
because they must know - Challenger: The Final Flight

So we were waiting for NASA to tell because they must know

I'm only raising it as a question.
We do not know the answer to that yet. - Challenger: The Final Flight

I'm only raising it as a question. We do not know the a...

[Barbara] NASA had three questions
that they would ask us. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Barbara] NASA had three questions that they would ask us.

That will take a long
and meticulous investigation - Challenger: The Final Flight

That will take a long and meticulous investigation

[operator] J.C., all operators,
contingency procedures in effect. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[operator] J.C., all operators, contingency procedures in ef...

They gave us two of the questions, - Challenger: The Final Flight

They gave us two of the questions,

[man] As I watched
the different newscasts, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[man] As I watched the different newscasts,

Describe your philosophy of living. - Challenger: The Final Flight

Describe your philosophy of living.

And then,
for the next four or five hours, - Challenger: The Final Flight

And then, for the next four or five hours,

"My philosophy of living." - Challenger: The Final Flight

"My philosophy of living."

There were people in NASA who said
a catastrophe would take place, - Challenger: The Final Flight

There were people in NASA who said a catastrophe would take ...

How could they live with themselves - Challenger: The Final Flight

How could they live with themselves

[Covey] We had to collect
all the documentation - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Covey] We had to collect all the documentation

[anchor] NASA officials - Challenger: The Final Flight

[anchor] NASA officials

[operator 2]
Okay, everybody, stay off the telephones, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[operator 2] Okay, everybody, stay off the telephones,

We really, truly, didn't believe
that we were as safe, if you would, - Challenger: The Final Flight

We really, truly, didn't believe that we were as safe, ...

[Crippen] There was this pretty
pink-colored glow out the windows. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Crippen] There was this pretty pink-colored glow out the wi...

No one can leave the room.
Not even to go to the bathroom. - Challenger: The Final Flight

No one can leave the room. Not even to go to the bathroom.

I always likened it
to riding down a neon tube. - Challenger: The Final Flight

I always likened it to riding down a neon tube.

And they made it very clear - Challenger: The Final Flight

And they made it very clear

We were still learning
how to operate the system - Challenger: The Final Flight

We were still learning how to operate the system

As soon as we hit daylight,
that pink color faded away. - Challenger: The Final Flight

As soon as we hit daylight, that pink color faded away.

[June] We pulled up to crew quarters.
We all stepped into the lobby, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[June] We pulled up to crew quarters. We all stepped into th...

We accepted those risks, but we thought
they were always going to be managed. - Challenger: The Final Flight

We accepted those risks, but we thought they were always goi...

My first major assignment at NASA - Challenger: The Final Flight

My first major assignment at NASA

And, you know, it's obvious… They were
saying it was an obvious disaster. - Challenger: The Final Flight

And, you know, it's obvious… They were saying it was an...

Coming across the mountains
and seeing the dry lake beds there, - Challenger: The Final Flight

Coming across the mountains and seeing the dry lake beds the...

Obvious total loss
of the orbiter, the crew. - Challenger: The Final Flight

Obvious total loss of the orbiter, the crew.

My supervisor said, "Go over
to the Office of Space Flight, - Challenger: The Final Flight

My supervisor said, "Go over to the Office of Space Fli...

- [static crackling]
- [man] What a way to come to California. - Challenger: The Final Flight

- [static crackling] - [man] What a way to come to Californi...

"Obvious." - Challenger: The Final Flight

I looked out the windows, - Challenger: The Final Flight

I looked out the windows,

And I thought, "Hope they're
not on the runway." [chuckles] - Challenger: The Final Flight

And I thought, "Hope they're not on the runway.&qu...

I knew… they were all gone. - Challenger: The Final Flight

I knew… they were all gone.

Not all the crew members' families
really understood - Challenger: The Final Flight

Not all the crew members' families really understood

When I got over there, - Challenger: The Final Flight

When I got over there,

I had seen Ron come through
difficult times before - Challenger: The Final Flight

I had seen Ron come through difficult times before

[man 1] Columbia, you're
really looking good. Right on the money. - Challenger: The Final Flight

[man 1] Columbia, you're really looking good. Right on ...

I didn't know the extent of the issues,
so I started looking at the problem. - Challenger: The Final Flight

I didn't know the extent of the issues, so I started lo...

NASA is a nationwide organization. - Challenger: The Final Flight

NASA is a nationwide organization.

[June] The NASA official, George Abbey, - Challenger: The Final Flight

[June] The NASA official, George Abbey,

The solid rocket boosters - Challenger: The Final Flight

The solid rocket boosters

And he said, "No one could've survived.
No one could have survived." - Challenger: The Final Flight

And he said, "No one could've survived. No one cou...

[Covey] I'd been to several test firings
of the solid rocket boosters - Challenger: The Final Flight

[Covey] I'd been to several test firings of the solid r...

- United States of America!
- ♪ Free ♪ - Challenger: The Final Flight

- United States of America! - ♪ Free ♪

Whenever an astronaut would
go to our contractor locations, - Challenger: The Final Flight

Whenever an astronaut would go to our contractor locations,

Like, surely somebody figured out
how to get them out of there." - Challenger: The Final Flight

Like, surely somebody figured out how to get them out of the...

♪ Hang on to a dream ♪ - Challenger: The Final Flight

♪ Hang on to a dream ♪

Well, the doctor said, "Can I give you
something for your nerves?" - Challenger: The Final Flight

Well, the doctor said, "Can I give you something for yo...

If you give me something for heartbreak,
I will take it. - Challenger: The Final Flight

If you give me something for heartbreak, I will take it.

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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

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Released: 16 Sep 2020

Awards: 2 nominations

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