| Netflix | Season Premiere Date: September 16, 2020 |
Summary:
The four-part documentary series takes a look back at the events that led to the Challenger explosion that killed everyone onboard on January 28, 1986.
Genre(s):
Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary, Science
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Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E4. Nothing Ends Here
Air Date: September 16, 2020
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S1:E3. A Major Malfunction
Air Date: September 16, 2020
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S1:E2. HELP!
Air Date: September 16, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
We get perhaps the most comprehensive and humanized version of events yet, featuring rare archival footage; recollections of journalists; thoughtful profiles of each of the seven crew members, and insightful, deeply moving interviews with surviving family as well as some of the principal figures in the launch, including some who are haunted to this day by the series of events leading up to the launch.
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Sep 15, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
Sep 15, 2020
The post-mortem passages of The Final Flight represent the series at its best. Like nearly every TV docuseries these days, this one is overlong, and broken up into too many parts. It could easily have been two tightly packed hourlong episodes, rather than three fairly shapeless ones that run around 40 minutes each followed by an excellent concluding one that runs around 50. But that last chapter is so moving—and at times enraging—that it justifies the whole project.
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Sep 15, 2020
The series does take a deep dive into the story, providing no small amount of drama and some eye-opening details. ... To absolutely appalling effect, however, the filmmakers bring before their camera the very people who gave the green light to a launch that evidently should not have taken place, men who take “blame” but “feel no guilt.” ... To their credit, producer-directors Steven Leckart and Daniel Junge (J.J. Abrams is an executive producer) devote considerable time to all the lost astronauts, interview their survivors where possible, provide their personal stories and extol their virtues.
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Oct 13, 2020
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: September 16, 2020
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S1:E4. Nothing Ends Here
Air Date: September 16, 2020
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S1:E3. A Major Malfunction
Air Date: September 16, 2020
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S1:E2. HELP!
Air Date: September 16, 2020
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S1:E1. Space for Everyone
Air Date: September 16, 2020
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Season 1 Overview