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It was what engineers call a catastrophic failure
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Challenger: The Final Flight

It was what engineers calla catastrophic failure, several things had to go wrong at once

It was what engineers call
a catastrophic failure, several things had to go wrong at once

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It was what engineers call a catastrophic failure,
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several things had to go wrong at once.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:33
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 • 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.
S01 • E02 She and Steve both graduated college, and they got married. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
She and Steve both graduated college, and they got married.
S01 • E04 It was what, uh, engineers call a catastrophic failure. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
It was what, uh, engineers call a catastrophic failure.
S01 • E02 She had the belief that she could do extraordinary things, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
She had the belief that she could do extraordinary things,
S01 • E04 Several things had to go wrong at once, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
Several things had to go wrong at once,
S01 • E02 When Christa saw the Apollo go up, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
When Christa saw the Apollo go up,
S01 • E01 The real question that remains to be answered of course is - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:10
The real question that remains to be answered of course is
S01 • E04 The shuttle had a telemetry stream that was really unbelievable. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
The shuttle had a telemetry stream that was really unbelieva...
S01 • E04 I mean, they had enormous amounts of data - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
I mean, they had enormous amounts of data
S01 • E04 So we were waiting for NASA to tell because they must know - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
So we were waiting for NASA to tell because they must know
S01 • E01 I'm only raising it as a question. We do not know the answer to that yet. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
I'm only raising it as a question. We do not know the a...
S01 • E02 [Barbara] NASA had three questions that they would ask us. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
[Barbara] NASA had three questions that they would ask us.
S01 • E01 That will take a long and meticulous investigation - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
That will take a long and meticulous investigation
S01 • E02 They gave us two of the questions, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
They gave us two of the questions,