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Challenger: The Final Flight

Okay, everybody, stay off the telephones, make sure you maintain all your data,start...

[operator 2]
Okay, everybody, stay off the telephones, make sure you maintain all your data,
start pulling it together. [Allan McDonald] The first comment came by
was that "anybody that's at a console must not change the screen.
It must be left where it's at." And that all of this data is
going to be treated as secret-level

Full Transcript

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[operator 2] Okay, everybody, stay off the telephones,
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make sure you maintain all your data, start pulling it together.
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[Allan McDonald] The first comment came by was that "anybody that's at a console
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must not change the screen. It must be left where it's at."
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And that all of this data is going to be treated as secret-level.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:03
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 • E02 We really, truly, didn't believe that we were as safe, if you would, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
We really, truly, didn't believe that we were as safe, ...
S01 • E01 [Crippen] There was this pretty pink-colored glow out the windows. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
[Crippen] There was this pretty pink-colored glow out the wi...
S01 • E04 No one can leave the room. Not even to go to the bathroom. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
No one can leave the room. Not even to go to the bathroom.
S01 • E01 I always likened it to riding down a neon tube. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
I always likened it to riding down a neon tube.
S01 • E04 And they made it very clear - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
And they made it very clear
S01 • E02 We were still learning how to operate the system - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
We were still learning how to operate the system
S01 • E01 As soon as we hit daylight, that pink color faded away. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
As soon as we hit daylight, that pink color faded away.
S01 • E04 [June] We pulled up to crew quarters. We all stepped into the lobby, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
[June] We pulled up to crew quarters. We all stepped into th...
S01 • E02 We accepted those risks, but we thought they were always going to be managed. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
We accepted those risks, but we thought they were always goi...
S01 • E02 My first major assignment at NASA - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
My first major assignment at NASA
S01 • E04 And, you know, it's obvious… They were saying it was an obvious disaster. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
And, you know, it's obvious… They were saying it was an...
S01 • E01 Coming across the mountains and seeing the dry lake beds there, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
Coming across the mountains and seeing the dry lake beds the...
S01 • E04 Obvious total loss of the orbiter, the crew. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
Obvious total loss of the orbiter, the crew.
S01 • E02 My supervisor said, "Go over to the Office of Space Flight, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:22
My supervisor said, "Go over to the Office of Space Fli...
S01 • E01 - [static crackling] - [man] What a way to come to California. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
- [static crackling] - [man] What a way to come to Californi...
S01 • E04 "Obvious." - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
"Obvious."
S01 • E01 I looked out the windows, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
I looked out the windows,
S01 • E01 And I thought, "Hope they're not on the runway." [chuckles] - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
And I thought, "Hope they're not on the runway.&qu...
S01 • E04 I knew… they were all gone. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
I knew… they were all gone.
S01 • E04 Not all the crew members' families really understood - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:10
Not all the crew members' families really understood