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The Challenger Disaster

We've never launched a shuttlebelow 53 Degrees and we're movinginto the coldest launch in...

We've never launched a shuttle
below 53 Degrees and we're moving
into the coldest launch in NASA's history

Full Transcript

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We've never launched a shuttle below 53 Degrees
00:00:03.009 --> 00:00:06.029
and we're moving into the coldest launch
00:00:06.031 --> 00:00:07.831
in NASA's history.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:44
Uploaded
Jun 06, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
Vision Makers

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Movie Summary

Inspired by the true story. The night before the Challenger disaster in 1986, a hot headed engineer leads a desperate race against the clock to stop the launch and the subsequent cover up and whistleblowing.
So you're changing the launch criteria - The Challenger Disaster 00:10
So you're changing the launch criteria
When we squeeze it at 100 degrees, - The Challenger Disaster 00:13
When we squeeze it at 100 degrees,
Your test does not represent reality. - The Challenger Disaster 00:08
Your test does not represent reality.
It proves that the fluorocarbon elastomer rubber - The Challenger Disaster 00:06
It proves that the fluorocarbon elastomer rubber
If we lose the seal for a tenth of a second, - The Challenger Disaster 00:09
If we lose the seal for a tenth of a second,
And if the secondary backup O-ring does the same thing, - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
And if the secondary backup O-ring does the same thing,
We've seen blowby on STS-61-A also. - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
We've seen blowby on STS-61-A also.
It says here that the launch went off at 75 degrees - The Challenger Disaster 00:07
It says here that the launch went off at 75 degrees
I just don't understand - The Challenger Disaster 00:09
I just don't understand
I just don't understand how you don't understand - The Challenger Disaster 00:07
I just don't understand how you don't understand
It's warm, there's blowby. It's cold, there's blowby. - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
It's warm, there's blowby. It's cold, there&#...
It's warm, there's erosion. - The Challenger Disaster 00:09
It's warm, there's erosion.
Yeah, if you'll just look at it with a rudimentary pass-fail, - The Challenger Disaster 00:06
Yeah, if you'll just look at it with a rudimentary pass...
But if you get scientific about it, - The Challenger Disaster 00:08
But if you get scientific about it,
At 75 degrees, the soot from the blowby is light gray, spotty. - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
At 75 degrees, the soot from the blowby is light gray, spott...
Now, if you can't see the difference, - The Challenger Disaster 00:17
Now, if you can't see the difference,
And that's when you have rocket flames - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
And that's when you have rocket flames
And you have never seen secondary backup seal failure? - The Challenger Disaster 00:05
And you have never seen secondary backup seal failure?
STS-51-B, the secondary O-ring suffered 12% erosion. - The Challenger Disaster 00:07
STS-51-B, the secondary O-ring suffered 12% erosion.
What do you mean? - The Challenger Disaster 00:08
What do you mean?