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Challenger: The Final Flight

In slow-motion now. To my eye, at least, it appears thatthe entire external tank just...

[Tom Brokaw] In slow-motion now. To my eye, at least, it appears that
the entire external tank just came apart. [man] Well, if I had to hazard a guess,
I'd say something with the main engine, since that would be the high probability,
but that could be totally wrong, and it'll take a lot of numbers crunching
and data analysis to really sort it out

Full Transcript

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[Tom Brokaw] In slow-motion now.
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To my eye, at least, it appears that the entire external tank just came apart.
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[man] Well, if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say something with the main engine,
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since that would be the high probability, but that could be totally wrong,
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and it'll take a lot of numbers crunching and data analysis to really sort it out.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:48
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 She and Steve both graduated college, and they got married. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
She and Steve both graduated college, and they got married.
S01 • E04 It was what, uh, engineers call a catastrophic failure. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
It was what, uh, engineers call a catastrophic failure.
S01 • E02 She had the belief that she could do extraordinary things, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
She had the belief that she could do extraordinary things,
S01 • E04 Several things had to go wrong at once, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
Several things had to go wrong at once,
S01 • E02 When Christa saw the Apollo go up, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:11
When Christa saw the Apollo go up,
S01 • E01 The real question that remains to be answered of course is - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:10
The real question that remains to be answered of course is
S01 • E04 The shuttle had a telemetry stream that was really unbelievable. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
The shuttle had a telemetry stream that was really unbelieva...
S01 • E04 I mean, they had enormous amounts of data - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:06
I mean, they had enormous amounts of data
S01 • E04 So we were waiting for NASA to tell because they must know - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
So we were waiting for NASA to tell because they must know
S01 • E01 I'm only raising it as a question. We do not know the answer to that yet. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
I'm only raising it as a question. We do not know the a...
S01 • E02 [Barbara] NASA had three questions that they would ask us. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
[Barbara] NASA had three questions that they would ask us.
S01 • E01 That will take a long and meticulous investigation - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
That will take a long and meticulous investigation
S01 • E04 [operator] J.C., all operators, contingency procedures in effect. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:09
[operator] J.C., all operators, contingency procedures in ef...
S01 • E02 They gave us two of the questions, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:05
They gave us two of the questions,
S01 • E01 [man] As I watched the different newscasts, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:08
[man] As I watched the different newscasts,
S01 • E02 Describe your philosophy of living. - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:04
Describe your philosophy of living.
S01 • E04 And then, for the next four or five hours, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:13
And then, for the next four or five hours,
S01 • E02 "My philosophy of living." - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:17
"My philosophy of living."
S01 • E01 There were people in NASA who said a catastrophe would take place, - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:10
There were people in NASA who said a catastrophe would take ...
S01 • E01 How could they live with themselves - Challenger: The Final Flight 00:07
How could they live with themselves