

Challenger: The Final Flight
2020-09-16 · 44 min / episode · ★ 7.1
Engineers, officials and the crew members' families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath.
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- Steven Leckart, Glen Zipper
- Production companies
- Bad Robot, Sutter Road Picture Company, Zipper Bros Films
- Countries
- United States of America
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