The Challenger Disaster

Name: The Challenger Disaster
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019-01-25
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Eric Hanson, Cameron Arnett, Gerald Brodin

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1h 38min

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Dean Cain, Cameron Arnett, Glenn Morshower, Les Miles, Erika Waldorf, Nathan VonMinden, and Eric Hanson in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

Drama

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.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.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.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.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.

Director
- Nathan VonMinden(as Nathan Vonminden)
Writer
- Nathan VonMinden(as Nathan Vonminden)
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Dean Cain, Glenn Morshower, Les Miles, and Eric Hanson in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

Glenn Morshower in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

B.J. Arnett and Keith Rushing in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

Dean Cain in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

Joe Grisaffi, Eduardo Ruiz-Healy, Nathan VonMinden, and Glenn W. Gordon in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

Cameron Arnett, Les Miles, and Eric Hanson in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

Scott Fulmer, Les Miles, Pat Turner, Scott Petty, and Glenn W. Gordon in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

Brandi Price and Charis VonMinden in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

Cameron Arnett, Garry Nation, Jose Quinones, Eric Hanson, and Ash Khan in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

Garry Nation, Eric Hanson, Mike T. Tremblay, and Ash Khan in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

Cameron Arnett, Gerald Brodin, Garry Nation, Jose Quinones, Eric Hanson, Mike T. Tremblay, and Ash Khan in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

Eric Hanson in The Challenger Disaster (2019)

INSPIRED BY THE TRUE STORY On the eve of the Challenger explosion in 1986 one engineer goes to the extreme to stop the launch. This hot-headed engineer makes a desperate race against the clock to call off the billion dollar multi-delayed Challenger launch, convinced the O-ring seals will fail and kill everyone on board. The Company, Marshall Space Flight and NASA made a business decision. He made a human decision. —Nathan VonMinden

Trivia
As indicated in the film, at least one astronaut survived the initial explosion. While the film depicts astronaut / teacher Christa McAuliffe during the disaster and shows a hand flipping a switch, it is known that astronaut Ron McNair reached forward and, following procedure, flipped the emergency oxygen switch for astronaut Michael J. Smith, who was seated directly in front of him.