Challenger: The Final Flight (2020)

Engineers, officials and the crew members' families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath.

Challenger: The Final Flight

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June Scobee Rodgers

June Scobee Rodgers

as Self - Wife of Francis "Dick" Scobee

William Harwood

William Harwood

as Self - Cape Canaveral Bureau Chief, UPI (1984-1992)

Frederick Gregory

Frederick Gregory

as Self - Astronaut, NASA (1978-1993)

as Self - Correspondent, CNN (1983-2014)

Richard O. Covey

Richard O. Covey

as Self - Astronaut, NASA (1978-1994)

as Self - Public Affairs Officer, NASA (1980-2010)

as Self - Director, Solid Rocket Booster Program (1984-1989), Morton Thiokol Corp.

as Self - Senior Publications Coordinator (1983-1990), Morton Thiokol Corp.

as Self (archive footage)

Michael J. Smith

Michael J. Smith

as Self (archive footage)

Christa McAuliffe

Christa McAuliffe

as Self (archive footage)

Peter Billingsley

Peter Billingsley

as Self - Spokesperson, Young Astronaut Program

as Self - Teacher

as Self - Sister of Christa McAuliffe

as Self - Wife of Gregory Jarvis

as Self - Resource Analyst, NASA (1985-1996)

as Self - Engineer, Solid Rocket Booster Program (1977-2015), Morton Thiokol Corp.

Jane Smith-Wolcott

Jane Smith-Wolcott

as Self - Wife of Michael J. Smith

as Self - Manager, NASA Shuttle Program (1985-1986)

as Self - Director, NASA (1974-1986), Marshall Space Flight Center

as Self - Astronaut, NASA (1969-1986)

Joseph Kilminster

Joseph Kilminster

as Self - Vice President, Solid Rocket Booster Program (1983-1986), Morton Thiokol Corp.

Lawrence Mulloy

Lawrence Mulloy

as Self - Manager, NASA (1982-1986), Marshall Space Flight Center

as Self (archive footage)

Ellison Onizuka

Ellison Onizuka

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

Alison Smith Balch

Alison Smith Balch

as Self - Daughter of Michael J. Smith

as Self - Astronaut, NASA (1978-1997)

as Self - Student of Christa McAuliffe

as Self - Astronaut, NASA (1969-1983)

as Self - Astronaut, NASA (1978-1997)

as Self - Former astronaut (archive footage) as Self - Former Astronaut (archive footage)

Steven McAuliffe

Steven McAuliffe

as Self - Husband of Christa McAuliffe (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Dir., Johnson Space Center (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Son of Michael J. Smith

David E. Sanger

David E. Sanger

as Self - Journalist, New York Times

as Self - Executive Director, Rogers Commission

as Self - Member, Rogers Commission

as Self - Journalist, New York Times (1977-2016)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

as Self - Director "Close Encounters" (archive footage)

as Self - NASA Acting Administrator (archive footage)

as Self - Shuttle Program Director (archive footage)

Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols

as Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

as Self - White House Spokesman (archive footage)

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