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Challenger: The Final Flight

The ground launch sequencer has started retractingthe orbiter crew access arm. The...

[man 1] The ground launch sequencer has started retracting
the orbiter crew access arm. [man 2] The commander of the flight,
Dick Scobee

Full Transcript

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[man 1] The ground launch sequencer
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has started retracting the orbiter crew access arm.
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[man 2] The commander of the flight, Dick Scobee.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:21
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 • E01 [Scobee] If somebody's gonna light a six-and-a-half-million-pound candle - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
[Scobee] If somebody's gonna light a six-and-a-half-mil...
S01 • E02 I think the public anticipated something more than what they got. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
I think the public anticipated something more than what they...
S01 • E04 [operator] Stand by. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:12
[operator] Stand by.
S01 • E02 When it becomes routine, people lose interest in it, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
When it becomes routine, people lose interest in it,
S01 • E01 [male anchor] A crowd of some 500 spectators, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:16
[male anchor] A crowd of some 500 spectators,
S01 • E02 It was second page, third page, eighth page. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
It was second page, third page, eighth page.
S01 • E04 I never even tried to make a call to the Challenger crew. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
I never even tried to make a call to the Challenger crew.
S01 • E02 That was my metric that I used - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
That was my metric that I used
S01 • E02 They got bored with flying to the moon, you know, the American public. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
They got bored with flying to the moon, you know, the Americ...
S01 • E04 [operator] We are now looking at all the contingency operations - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:18
[operator] We are now looking at all the contingency operati...
S01 • E01 T-minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six… - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
T-minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six…
S01 • E02 So why wouldn't they get bored with flying around the Earth? - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
So why wouldn't they get bored with flying around the E...
S01 • E02 We worried about it a lot because - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:10
We worried about it a lot because
S01 • E01 And liftoff. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:17
And liftoff.
S01 • E04 And I remember having to really grip my legs hard - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
And I remember having to really grip my legs hard
S01 • E02 NASA began to think this was time for us to bring in - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
NASA began to think this was time for us to bring in
S01 • E02 The day is coming when you don't have to be an astrophysicist - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
The day is coming when you don't have to be an astrophy...
S01 • E04 [woman] When the Challenger exploded, none of us knew. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
[woman] When the Challenger exploded, none of us knew.
S01 • E02 NASA, in fact, is looking for the first non-astronaut - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
NASA, in fact, is looking for the first non-astronaut
S01 • E04 We weren't savvy in what it was supposed to look like. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
We weren't savvy in what it was supposed to look like.