The Challenger Disaster

Name: The Challenger Disaster
Duration: 1 h 38 min

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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… More Details »

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Director:

Nathan VonMinden

Producer:

B.J. Arnett, K.B. Battaglini, Brenda Bott

Release Date:

Jan 25, 2019

Runtime:

1hr 38m

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Dean Cain
Glenn Morshower
Eric Hanson
Brandi Price
Les Miles
Garry Nation
Gerald Brodin
Joe Grisaffi
Cameron Arnett
Erika Waldorf

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Apr 22, 2019

Now this was a disaster...

8 Likes

Jeremiah Roxas

Apr 29, 2024

Zendaya was in it way less than the trailer implied

6 Likes

archyd

Feb 18, 2019

I have nothing to say about this except while the story is true and that's great. I didn't really get what happened, maybe it's because history is not something that was a strong point back at school for me, actually found it to be the most boring thing you had to learn…

3 Likes

Sarah Collins
Jul 22, 2019

This was a huge event in my childhood. Sad that this could have been prevented. The movie itself was a bit boring and over communicated. Maybe because it was lower budget but I think they could have done more for it. The actual 5 min of the disaster was intense. Earned…

2 Likes

Coach K

Feb 8, 2019

Menudos incompetentes los de la NASA. Y los que han hecho esta película también.Vaya truño.

2 Likes

Amaia❄️

Jan 27, 2019

In 2013 a made for TV film starring William Hurt dubbed Te Challenger, which chronicled the investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. That film despite its modest means was very interesting and entertaining with some good acting. The Challenger Disaster tries…

2 Likes

Alex 🇺🇦
Aug 16, 2024

Acting, story telling, and dialogue was all trash

1 Likes

chan_meletio

May 22, 2024

probably the worst movie i will see this year. the dialogue, acting, and directing was all terrible. not sure why they chose these people to tell this story.

1 Likes

logan harold hucker

Feb 22, 2021

More poorly constructed than the shuttle itself.

1 Likes

Dennis Alaniz