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Challenger: The Final Flight

The boosters will be refurbishedand returned to service on a continuing basis. We...

The boosters will be refurbished
and returned to service on a continuing basis. We recovered the boosters
that fell back down into the sea, and we were able to inspect them
and evaluate the performance

Full Transcript

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The boosters will be refurbished and returned to service
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on a continuing basis.
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We recovered the boosters that fell back down into the sea,
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and we were able to inspect them and evaluate the performance.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:08
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 • E01 [cheering] - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
[cheering]
S01 • E04 January the 28th, he was already prepared to come home and give me a Valentine. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
January the 28th, he was already prepared to come home and g...
S01 • E02 When I started out at Thiokol, I was in the reliability engineering section. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
When I started out at Thiokol, I was in the reliability engi...
S01 • E01 Nobody'd ever seen spacecraft come down and land on a runway. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
Nobody'd ever seen spacecraft come down and land on a r...
S01 • E02 That's when we started to see some erosion inside of the boosters. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
That's when we started to see some erosion inside of th...
S01 • E01 [Neil Armstrong] That's one small step for man. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:23
[Neil Armstrong] That's one small step for man.
S01 • E02 [McDonald] When we brought the boosters back, pulled them apart, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:17
[McDonald] When we brought the boosters back, pulled them ap...
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]