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Challenger: The Final Flight

And then,for the next four or five hours, we sat there and tried to go backthrough...

And then,
for the next four or five hours, we sat there and tried to go back
through everything we'd seen, just trying to figure out
if there had been anything that we could have seen
and prevented

Full Transcript

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And then, for the next four or five hours,
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we sat there and tried to go back through everything we'd seen,
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just trying to figure out if there had been
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anything that we could have seen and prevented.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:40
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 There were people in NASA who said a catastrophe would take place, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:10
There were people in NASA who said a catastrophe would take ...
S01 • E01 How could they live with themselves - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
How could they live with themselves
S01 • E04 [Covey] We had to collect all the documentation - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
[Covey] We had to collect all the documentation
S01 • E02 [anchor] NASA officials - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:24
[anchor] NASA officials
S01 • E04 [operator 2] Okay, everybody, stay off the telephones, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:23
[operator 2] Okay, everybody, stay off the telephones,
S01 • E02 We really, truly, didn't believe that we were as safe, if you would, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
We really, truly, didn't believe that we were as safe, ...
S01 • E01 [Crippen] There was this pretty pink-colored glow out the windows. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
[Crippen] There was this pretty pink-colored glow out the wi...
S01 • E04 No one can leave the room. Not even to go to the bathroom. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
No one can leave the room. Not even to go to the bathroom.
S01 • E01 I always likened it to riding down a neon tube. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
I always likened it to riding down a neon tube.
S01 • E04 And they made it very clear - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
And they made it very clear
S01 • E02 We were still learning how to operate the system - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
We were still learning how to operate the system
S01 • E01 As soon as we hit daylight, that pink color faded away. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
As soon as we hit daylight, that pink color faded away.
S01 • E04 [June] We pulled up to crew quarters. We all stepped into the lobby, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
[June] We pulled up to crew quarters. We all stepped into th...
S01 • E02 We accepted those risks, but we thought they were always going to be managed. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
We accepted those risks, but we thought they were always goi...
S01 • E02 My first major assignment at NASA - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
My first major assignment at NASA
S01 • E04 And, you know, it's obvious… They were saying it was an obvious disaster. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
And, you know, it's obvious… They were saying it was an...
S01 • E01 Coming across the mountains and seeing the dry lake beds there, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
Coming across the mountains and seeing the dry lake beds the...
S01 • E04 Obvious total loss of the orbiter, the crew. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
Obvious total loss of the orbiter, the crew.
S01 • E02 My supervisor said, "Go over to the Office of Space Flight, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:22
My supervisor said, "Go over to the Office of Space Fli...
S01 • E01 - [static crackling] - [man] What a way to come to California. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
- [static crackling] - [man] What a way to come to Californi...