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Challenger: The Final Flight

And then I heard them say"major malfunction," and then the person besideme said, "It's...

And then I heard them say
"major malfunction," and then the person beside
me said, "It's exploded." And it was… I couldn't speak. It was… [sighs] [man 2] Seven really brilliant
and beautiful people got killed. [man 3] I was shocked. Reminded me a lot
of President Kennedy's death in '63. I don't know where the analogy comes,
but it was a national tragedy. [Tom Brokaw] The silence is deafening.
There is no word from NASA, no word from the rescue vehicles

Full Transcript

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And then I heard them say "major malfunction,"
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and then the person beside me said, "It's exploded." And it was…
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I couldn't speak. It was…
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[sighs]
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[man 2] Seven really brilliant and beautiful people got killed.
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[man 3] I was shocked. Reminded me a lot of President Kennedy's death in '63.
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I don't know where the analogy comes, but it was a national tragedy.
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[Tom Brokaw] The silence is deafening. There is no word from NASA,
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no word from the rescue vehicles.
Duration
38 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:47
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E02 [anchor] Even though they just arrived this week, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:17
[anchor] Even though they just arrived this week,
S01 • E04 Some people were at the steering wheels, weeping. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
Some people were at the steering wheels, weeping.
S01 • E04 [voice trembling] Some people were out banging on the hood of their cars. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
[voice trembling] Some people were out banging on the hood o...
S01 • E04 I knew-- I knew something really, really bad had happened. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
I knew-- I knew something really, really bad had happened.
S01 • E02 [Lisa] My sister Christa was always a very special person. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
[Lisa] My sister Christa was always a very special person.
S01 • E04 [Tom Brokaw] There are rescue ships and other vehicles now, other helicopters, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
[Tom Brokaw] There are rescue ships and other vehicles now, ...
S01 • E02 Growing up in a very small house… - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
Growing up in a very small house…
S01 • E01 No... No word whatsoever, uh, on what may have happened. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
No... No word whatsoever, uh, on what may have happened.
S01 • E02 Christa, my younger sister Betsy, and I shared a room. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
Christa, my younger sister Betsy, and I shared a room.
S01 • E04 There is no word from NASA, no word from the rescue vehicles, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
There is no word from NASA, no word from the rescue vehicles...
S01 • E01 If I had to speculate, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
If I had to speculate,
S01 • E02 I remember when she would go out on dates with her boyfriend, Steve. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
I remember when she would go out on dates with her boyfriend...
S01 • E01 It was what engineers call a catastrophic failure, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
It was what engineers call a catastrophic failure,
S01 • E04 [indistinct clamoring] - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
[indistinct clamoring]
S01 • E02 When I would wake up in the morning, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:18
When I would wake up in the morning,
S01 • E01 [man] The shuttle had an information stream - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
[man] The shuttle had an information stream
S01 • E04 So it was a mad rush to try to get experts to tell you what could've gone wrong, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
So it was a mad rush to try to get experts to tell you what ...
S01 • E01 I mean, they had enormous amounts of data - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
I mean, they had enormous amounts of data
S01 • E01 So we're all thinking, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:30
So we're all thinking,
S01 • E04 [Tom Brokaw] In slow-motion now. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:20
[Tom Brokaw] In slow-motion now.