Challenger: Final Flight on Netflix is produced by famous director JJ Abrams. The miniseries is an emotional and unfiltered portrait of the events that preceded the sad outcome. It premieres on the streaming platform on September 16.
Challenger: The final flight, Netflix series is directed by Steven Leckart and Daniel Junge. The four-part docuseries seeks to bring us closer to the deceased astronauts through moving conversations with their families, and also delve into the details of the mechanical failures and the decision-making process that led to this tragedy.
Challenger: The Final Flight on Netflix tells the story of the space shuttle that, in 1986, 73 seconds after its launch, exploded before the eyes of millions of people, many of them students who were watching it live on TV. The series offers an in-depth look at one of the most diverse crews ever assembled by NASA, which included teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian citizen to travel to space.
Unpublished interviews, training footage and never-before-seen archive material. NASA engineers and authorities who at the time worked on the defective launch boosters repeatedly expressed their concerns. Watch Challenger: The Final Flight Trailer below.
