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[McDonald] When we brought the boosters back, pulled them apart
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Challenger: The Final Flight

When we broughtthe boosters back, pulled them apart, and pulled the O-rings out, inspect...

[McDonald] When we brought
the boosters back, pulled them apart, and pulled the O-rings out, inspect them, we could see it got burned,
right where we saw a hole, where gas had come through
at that exact location, and there's a little bit of the O-ring
missing that had actually burned off

Full Transcript

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[McDonald] When we brought the boosters back, pulled them apart,
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and pulled the O-rings out, inspect them,
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we could see it got burned, right where we saw a hole,
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where gas had come through at that exact location,
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and there's a little bit of the O-ring missing that had actually burned off.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:33
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 • E04 [reporter] Mr. Vice President, can you tell us further details about the shuttle? - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
[reporter] Mr. Vice President, can you tell us further detai...
S01 • E04 -Were you briefed on this? -No. No more than anyone else knows. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
-Were you briefed on this? -No. No more than anyone else kno...
S01 • E04 [Bush] Great concern for the families. I really don't have any detail on it. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
[Bush] Great concern for the families. I really don't h...
S01 • E04 Vice President Bush flew down to the Cape to meet with family members - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
Vice President Bush flew down to the Cape to meet with famil...
S01 • E02 What you'd want is to have the O-ring come back whole and un-singed. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
What you'd want is to have the O-ring come back whole a...
S01 • E01 I was the director of the Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory at NASA… - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:10
I was the director of the Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering...
S01 • E02 The O-rings are rubber, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
The O-rings are rubber,
S01 • E04 [Marcia] Jake Garn was a senator from Utah who bumped Greg from his first flight. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
[Marcia] Jake Garn was a senator from Utah who bumped Greg f...
S01 • E01 We devoted ourselves exclusively - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
We devoted ourselves exclusively
S01 • E02 These O-rings are a little over a quarter-inch in diameter, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
These O-rings are a little over a quarter-inch in diameter,
S01 • E04 So that was hard for me to see Senator Garn there. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
So that was hard for me to see Senator Garn there.
S01 • E04 At that time, I think… I believe I walked out of the room. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
At that time, I think… I believe I walked out of the room.
S01 • E01 [propellers clunking] - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:12
[propellers clunking]
S01 • E04 [Jesse Moore] I regret that I have to report, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:17
[Jesse Moore] I regret that I have to report,
S01 • E02 And then when the joint is assembled, they seal against the opposite surface, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
And then when the joint is assembled, they seal against the ...
S01 • E02 [McDonald] The reason there's two there is because we had to have redundancy - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:10
[McDonald] The reason there's two there is because we h...
S01 • E01 [male anchor] The president today authorized the development - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
[male anchor] The president today authorized the development
S01 • E01 According to the president, the shuttle will - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
According to the president, the shuttle will
S01 • E02 If the seal erodes, then the hot flame that's causing that erosion - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:12
If the seal erodes, then the hot flame that's causing t...
S01 • E01 [male narrator 1] Launched like a rocket, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:23
[male narrator 1] Launched like a rocket,