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Challenger: The Final Flight

If the seal erodes, then the hot flamethat's causing that erosion will burn across the...

If the seal erodes, then the hot flame
that's causing that erosion will burn across the O-rings
and come outside, and we'd have a rocket motor leak.
And then the rocket would blow up

Full Transcript

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If the seal erodes, then the hot flame that's causing that erosion
00:00:05.087 --> 00:00:07.965
will burn across the O-rings and come outside,
00:00:08.999 --> 00:00:11.886
and we'd have a rocket motor leak. And then the rocket would blow up.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:34
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 [male narrator 1] Launched like a rocket, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:23
[male narrator 1] Launched like a rocket,
S01 • E04 The American space shuttle Challenger exploded 60 seconds into its flight. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
The American space shuttle Challenger exploded 60 seconds in...
S01 • E04 …obliterated the shuttle Challenger-- - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:21
…obliterated the shuttle Challenger--
S01 • E02 [Cook] This O-ring problem continued to happen, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:12
[Cook] This O-ring problem continued to happen,
S01 • E01 You can think about the shuttle as being a space truck. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
You can think about the shuttle as being a space truck.
S01 • E02 And so I continued to meet with the engineers - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
And so I continued to meet with the engineers
S01 • E01 We're really setting up to take anything or anybody that wants to go to space. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
We're really setting up to take anything or anybody tha...
S01 • E04 Seven really brilliant and beautiful people got killed. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
Seven really brilliant and beautiful people got killed.
S01 • E02 I worked at Thiokol, and I carpooled to work with my dad, Bob Ebeling. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
I worked at Thiokol, and I carpooled to work with my dad, Bo...
S01 • E01 [Harwood] The shuttle is what opened everybody's mind to the thought, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:44
[Harwood] The shuttle is what opened everybody's mind t...
S01 • E04 Reminded me a lot of President Kennedy's death in '63. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
Reminded me a lot of President Kennedy's death in '...
S01 • E02 Dad was working on the boosters. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
Dad was working on the boosters.
S01 • E04 I don't know where the analogy comes, but it was a national tragedy. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
I don't know where the analogy comes, but it was a nati...
S01 • E04 [man 2] Many schools had broadcast the launch, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
[man 2] Many schools had broadcast the launch,
S01 • E02 That was really disconcerting to him - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
That was really disconcerting to him
S01 • E04 Like, "That's us! That's a teacher!" We were invested. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
Like, "That's us! That's a teacher!" We ...
S01 • E02 He felt if you don't fix this, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
He felt if you don't fix this,
S01 • E04 Well, I was really amazed to see it - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
Well, I was really amazed to see it
S01 • E02 We're here today to announce the first private citizen passenger - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
We're here today to announce the first private citizen ...
S01 • E02 This passenger would be one of America's finest, a teacher. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
This passenger would be one of America's finest, a teac...