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[reporter 2] A full test firing of a solid rocket booster
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Challenger: The Final Flight

 A full test firingof a solid rocket booster was conducted by Morton Thiokol, the maker of...

[reporter 2] A full test firing
of a solid rocket booster was conducted by Morton Thiokol, the maker of the SRB
that failed on Challenger. Morton Thiokol says initial data indicates
the rocket's O-rings performed flawlessly. It was a two-year process to do,
but the redesign was marvelous

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[reporter 2] A full test firing of a solid rocket booster
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was conducted by Morton Thiokol,
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the maker of the SRB that failed on Challenger.
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Morton Thiokol says initial data indicates the rocket's O-rings performed flawlessly.
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It was a two-year process to do, but the redesign was marvelous.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:19
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 • E04 [crowd cheering and applauding] - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:20
[crowd cheering and applauding]
S01 • E04 [Brokaw] Thirty-two months ago, this was the site, of course, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
[Brokaw] Thirty-two months ago, this was the site, of course...
S01 • E04 The loss of the shuttle Challenger and seven astronauts. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
The loss of the shuttle Challenger and seven astronauts.
S01 • E04 Now, for the first time since that awful day, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
Now, for the first time since that awful day,
S01 • E04 [Aldrich] We got to fly again after Challenger, and here's Discovery… - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
[Aldrich] We got to fly again after Challenger, and here...
S01 • E04 Return to flight was so important to prove that we could go forward. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
Return to flight was so important to prove that we could go ...
S01 • E04 [Billingsly] The last image of a launch, for me, was… - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
[Billingsly] The last image of a launch, for me, was…
S01 • E04 I think it was important to see something successful. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
I think it was important to see something successful.
S01 • E04 [applause and whistling] - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:15
[applause and whistling]
S01 • E04 I was committed to make sure that the Challenger crew - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
I was committed to make sure that the Challenger crew
S01 • E04 [Harwood] Even though I had total confidence in the redesign, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
[Harwood] Even though I had total confidence in the redesign...
S01 • E04 [Brokaw] Here we go. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:17
[Brokaw] Here we go.
S01 • E04 [mission control] …zero, and liftoff! - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:36
[mission control] …zero, and liftoff!
S01 • E04 And so we were all very excited and thinking, "We're back on track again." - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:13
And so we were all very excited and thinking, "We'...