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Challenger: The Final Flight

The O-rings are rubber, and you've probably seenlittle O-rings in the hardware store

The O-rings are rubber, and you've probably seen
little O-rings in the hardware store

Full Transcript

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The O-rings are rubber,
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and you've probably seen little O-rings in the hardware store.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:57
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 [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,
S01 • E04 The American space shuttle Challenger exploded 60 seconds into its flight. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
The American space shuttle Challenger exploded 60 seconds in...
S01 • E04 …obliterated the shuttle Challenger-- - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:21
…obliterated the shuttle Challenger--
S01 • E02 [Cook] This O-ring problem continued to happen, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:12
[Cook] This O-ring problem continued to happen,
S01 • E01 You can think about the shuttle as being a space truck. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
You can think about the shuttle as being a space truck.
S01 • E02 And so I continued to meet with the engineers - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
And so I continued to meet with the engineers
S01 • E01 We're really setting up to take anything or anybody that wants to go to space. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
We're really setting up to take anything or anybody tha...
S01 • E04 Seven really brilliant and beautiful people got killed. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
Seven really brilliant and beautiful people got killed.