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[anchor 2] Forty minutes before scheduled liftoff
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Challenger: The Final Flight

Forty minutesbefore scheduled liftoff, tests showed troublewith one of the five...

[anchor 2] Forty minutes
before scheduled liftoff, tests showed trouble
with one of the five computers. Only six of the previous 19 shuttle
flights have gone up on time

Full Transcript

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[anchor 2] Forty minutes before scheduled liftoff,
00:00:03.211 --> 00:00:05.838
tests showed trouble with one of the five computers.
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Only six of the previous 19 shuttle flights have gone up on time.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:37
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Bad Robot,Sutter Road Picture Company,Zipper Bros Films

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Movie Summary

Four-part docuseries on the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, unpacking an indelible moment for a generation of Americans.
S01 • E01 [Brokaw] Judy Resnik, a native of Akron. The holder of a Doctorate - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
[Brokaw] Judy Resnik, a native of Akron. The holder of a Doc...
S01 • E04 [Graham] These very heavy steel casings that constitute the, uh, structure - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:12
[Graham] These very heavy steel casings that constitute the,...
S01 • E01 She is single, she plays the piano, and she's a runner. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
She is single, she plays the piano, and she's a runner.
S01 • E01 When you were a little girl growing up in Akron, Ohio, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
When you were a little girl growing up in Akron, Ohio,
S01 • E02 [Harwood] When the shuttle program was sold to Congress, it was being billed - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
[Harwood] When the shuttle program was sold to Congress, it ...
S01 • E01 No, I really didn't think about it until - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
No, I really didn't think about it until
S01 • E04 It wasn't just a chance that they're not susceptible, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:14
It wasn't just a chance that they're not susceptib...
S01 • E01 It was accidental that I heard about it, and I just took a chance and applied. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
It was accidental that I heard about it, and I just took a c...
S01 • E02 They'd be charging commercial customers to launch their satellites. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
They'd be charging commercial customers to launch their...
S01 • E01 [Covey] Here she was with this group of astronauts - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
[Covey] Here she was with this group of astronauts
S01 • E02 NASA had promised Congress they were gonna launch two a month, eventually. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
NASA had promised Congress they were gonna launch two a mont...
S01 • E01 [Seddon] When we went down on a trip to the Kennedy Space Center, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:10
[Seddon] When we went down on a trip to the Kennedy Space Ce...
S01 • E04 [Richard Cook] I saw William Graham on Face the Nation - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
[Richard Cook] I saw William Graham on Face the Nation
S01 • E02 [anchor] This will be the 20th mission since the program began in April, 1981. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
[anchor] This will be the 20th mission since the program beg...
S01 • E02 NASA had originally estimated there would be more than twice as many flights by now, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:12
NASA had originally estimated there would be more than twice...
S01 • E04 The same day, the photograph was published in the press - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
The same day, the photograph was published in the press
S01 • E01 And she was showed into the room, and they had pink satin sheets. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
And she was showed into the room, and they had pink satin sh...
S01 • E01 Well, Judy was not amused, shall we say. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
Well, Judy was not amused, shall we say.
S01 • E02 [Lucas] We had a lot of problems to solve, some of which were not anticipated - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:14
[Lucas] We had a lot of problems to solve, some of which wer...
S01 • E04 I was also told by one of the engineers, whose memo I had gotten, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
I was also told by one of the engineers, whose memo I had go...