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Challenger: The Final Flight

NASA was so tight-lippedabout it that the briefer that they put up wasn't allowed to call...

NASA was so tight-lipped
about it that the briefer that they put up wasn't allowed to call it "flame." It was an "anomalous plume." And I remember watching that video, in which there is a very clear
jet of flame

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NASA was so tight-lipped about it that the briefer that they put up
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wasn't allowed to call it "flame."
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It was an "anomalous plume."
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And I remember watching that video,
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in which there is a very clear jet of flame.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:31
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 To say that we're pleased with the selection is an understatement. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
To say that we're pleased with the selection is an unde...
S01 • E02 [Peter] I had been a child actor - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
[Peter] I had been a child actor
S01 • E01 And it's my pleasure to introduce these people to you this morning, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
And it's my pleasure to introduce these people to you t...
S01 • E01 Major in the United States Air Force, Guy Bluford. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
Major in the United States Air Force, Guy Bluford.
S01 • E02 The sense that I personally might be able to go one day was completely true. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
The sense that I personally might be able to go one day was ...
S01 • E01 Major Frederick Gregory from United States Air Force, a pilot. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
Major Frederick Gregory from United States Air Force, a pilo...
S01 • E02 There was a larger plan, when the astronauts landed and Christa was back, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
There was a larger plan, when the astronauts landed and Chri...
S01 • E04 [reporter 2] Can you elaborate at all - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
[reporter 2] Can you elaborate at all
S01 • E01 [Gregory] We were the most diverse group of any government hiring. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
[Gregory] We were the most diverse group of any government h...
S01 • E02 And they said, "The next step for us is gonna be a kid in space." - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:14
And they said, "The next step for us is gonna be a kid ...
S01 • E04 Its location or when it showed up, or what is the unusual aspect? - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
Its location or when it showed up, or what is the unusual as...
S01 • E04 The statement of the board is it's an "unusual plume." - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
The statement of the board is it's an "unusual plu...
S01 • E01 There clearly were those of us who came from the military test pilot background, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:17
There clearly were those of us who came from the military te...
S01 • E04 NASA was issuing a lot of extraordinarily general answers - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
NASA was issuing a lot of extraordinarily general answers
S01 • E02 They've got to get ready for this. Their grandchildren - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
They've got to get ready for this. Their grandchildren
S01 • E04 And usually when that happens, it means one of two things: - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:13
And usually when that happens, it means one of two things:
S01 • E01 [moderator] Margaret Rhea Seddon, resident physician, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
[moderator] Margaret Rhea Seddon, resident physician,
S01 • E02 [Scobee Rogers] Everyone identified with Christa. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
[Scobee Rogers] Everyone identified with Christa.
S01 • E02 She was not only representing teachers beautifully, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
She was not only representing teachers beautifully,
S01 • E01 I was one of the first women astronauts, so that was an exciting time for me. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
I was one of the first women astronauts, so that was an exci...