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Also known asChallenger
GenreDocuseries
Developed by
Directed by
Music byJeff Beal
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Maren Domzalski
  • Bridget Topp
  • Steven Leckart
  • Daniel Junge
CinematographyGraham Willoughby
Editors
  • Poppy Das
  • Adrienne Gits
Running time180 minutes
Production companies
  • Bad Robot
  • Zipper Bros Films
  • Sutter Road Picture Company
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseSeptember 16, 2020

Challenger: The Final Flight (also known as Challenger) is a 2020 American docuseries developed by Glen Zipper and Steven Leckart for Netflix. It focuses on the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle accident, including the build-up to the flight, interviews with key individuals, and the fallout from the disaster.

The series was released on Netflix on September 16, 2020.

Synopsis

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, including a school teacher from New Hampshire.

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Release

The official trailer was released on September 2, 2020.

Reception

The series has an approval rating of 84% based on 19 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The critics' consensus on the website reads, "Challenger: The Final Flight doesn't reveal any new information, but intimate interviews elevate its well-crafted, heartbreaking retelling of an avoidable national tragedy." On Metacritic, the series scored 76 out of 100, indicating "generally favourable reviews" based on a weighted average.

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