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Challenger: The Final Flight

He was just an American flyingon an American program, and that someone said,"You're the...

He was just an American flying
on an American program, and that someone said,
"You're the first Asian American to fly," and he would probably have said,
"Oh, really?" [laughs] [male anchor] This is
32-year-old astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka. Onizuka was a staff flight test engineer
at Edwards Air Force Base, California. [Covey] Ellison was
a Japanese American from Hawaii

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He was just an American flying on an American program,
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and that someone said, "You're the first Asian American to fly,"
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and he would probably have said, "Oh, really?"
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[laughs]
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[male anchor] This is 32-year-old astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka.
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Onizuka was a staff flight test engineer at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
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[Covey] Ellison was a Japanese American from Hawaii.
Duration
26 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:51
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 The folks involved in the shuttle program - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:10
The folks involved in the shuttle program
S01 • E04 [Rogers] Beginning in April 1985, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
[Rogers] Beginning in April 1985,
S01 • E02 [McDonald] Meanwhile, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:10
[McDonald] Meanwhile,
S01 • E04 I did not think it was a problem sufficient to, uh, ground the fleet. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
I did not think it was a problem sufficient to, uh, ground t...
S01 • E04 The waiver says, "Actual loss: loss of mission, vehicle, and crew." - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
The waiver says, "Actual loss: loss of mission, vehicle...
S01 • E02 The company's first priority was making shuttle segments for flight. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
The company's first priority was making shuttle segment...
S01 • E01 He prided himself on Hawaiian food, and, specifically, uh, roasting a pig. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
He prided himself on Hawaiian food, and, specifically, uh, r...
S01 • E02 [Russell] It was frustrating that even though we understood - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
[Russell] It was frustrating that even though we understood
S01 • E04 [Sanger] We began to get a sense of how much they knew. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
[Sanger] We began to get a sense of how much they knew.
S01 • E01 [Covey] That was his big deal, digging the pit, getting all the banana leaves. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
[Covey] That was his big deal, digging the pit, getting all ...
S01 • E04 The thought rose in the back of our minds - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
The thought rose in the back of our minds
S01 • E01 [Crippen] We'd get it up on the table, and we just pulled it apart. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
[Crippen] We'd get it up on the table, and we just pull...
S01 • E01 It was pretty hot, you would burn your hands, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
It was pretty hot, you would burn your hands,
S01 • E02 And so every launch became nerve-racking to me. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
And so every launch became nerve-racking to me.
S01 • E02 It was something that… My stomach churned a bit, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:12
It was something that… My stomach churned a bit,
S01 • E04 [June] To learn that there were managers who allowed this spacecraft to take off, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:12
[June] To learn that there were managers who allowed this sp...
S01 • E01 My wife and I, Cathy, had just put in a swimming pool, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
My wife and I, Cathy, had just put in a swimming pool,
S01 • E01 El and I actually flew to Florida in a NASA T-38 - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:10
El and I actually flew to Florida in a NASA T-38
S01 • E02 He and I talked often, and I expressed frustration of how things were going. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
He and I talked often, and I expressed frustration of how th...
S01 • E04 Unable to forgive people who made such a bad decision. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
Unable to forgive people who made such a bad decision.