Jan 25, 2016 the new national geographic channel special challenger disaster. Richard feynman william hurt in regards to the challenger disaster that took place on january 28, 1986. The space shuttle challenger disaster was a fatal incident in the united states space program that occurred on tuesday, january 28, 1986, when the space shuttle challenger ov099 broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The film will also air on national geographic channels in 171 countries in 45.
Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle challenger s 1986 disintegration. Battling politics, egos, nasa secrecy and his own quiet fight with cancer, feynman worked tirelessly to uncover the causes of the tragic event. Seventythree seconds later, a seal failure caused the orbiter to break apart. Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle. Challenger, columbia, and the lies we tell ourselves. Additionally, the challenger features kent moran, s. This story originally appeared in the february 2016 issue of popular mechanics to mark the 30th anniversary of the space shuttle challenger disaster on january 28, 1986, when all seven people on. This documentary was produced for the 2008 history day. Apr, 2016 a man tries to save himself and his mother from living in the streets through boxing. Oscarwinning star william hurt heads a stellar cast in this gripping drama about the brilliant us physicist richard feynman, who helped uncover the secrets behind the challenger disaster of 1986. Twentysix previously misplaced photos of the challenger disaster. The challenger disaster tv movie 20 release info imdb. Apart from the opening sequencewhich shows, through news footage and a handful of re.
Abc news classics space shuttle challenger disaster. The crew consisted of five nasa astronauts, one payload specialist, and a civilian schoolteacher. The challenger disaster is one of a select few made for tv films that actually manages to be very good, almost better than big budget hollywood productions. The photos were found by michael hindes the grandson of bill rendle, who worked as a contractor for. Never before seen photos of the challenger disaster the. Now over 30 years later is the appropriate time for someone to do a movie dramatization of the disaster and investigation. Challenger disaster had a much bigger impact in medianewsculture than the columbia disaster for some reason. The challenger disaster tv movie 20 company credits. The challenger disaster 20 tv movie company credits. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The film was coproduced by the bbc, the science channel, and open university, and it premiered on 12 may 20 on bbc2 it is based on two books. The challenger is an american sports drama film written and directed by kent moran and executive produced by michael clarke duncan, who also costars in his last feature film released after his death.
The report, released and submitted to president ronald reagan on 9 june 1986, both determined the cause of the disaster that took place 73 seconds after liftoff, and urged nasa to improve and install new safety features on the. Documentary probes challenger disaster on 30th anniversary. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Space shuttle challenger orbiter vehicle designation. The rogers commission report was created by a presidential commission charged with investigating the space shuttle challenger disaster during its 10th mission, sts51l. The film is an appropriately somber and smoothly told account of the washington politics and crossagency obfuscation that nearly derailed the commissions investigation into. The orbiter was launched and landed nine times before. The 20 bbc television film challenger starring william hurt is about the disaster and investigation. Challenger is a 1990 american disaster drama television film based on the events surrounding the space shuttle challenger disaster. Cnn was the only network to broadcast the 1986 challenger disaster live. The documentary will also air on national geographic channels in 171 countries in 45 languages, and in spanish on nat.
Jan 25, 2011 a quartercentury after the challenger shuttle tragedy, the disaster is often remembered in ways that owe more to myth and misconception than to the truth. The challenger disaster, the science channels first madefortv movie, does not deal with the leadup to the explosion. Lost tapes uses longforgotten news footage and rarely seen nasa video to. The challenger disaster opens with the shuttles explosion on jan. The challenger disaster movie on science channel nov. The challenger disaster is a 20 tv movie starring william hurt about richard feynmans investigation into the 1986 space shuttle challenger disaster. Jan 29, 2016 yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the challenger disaster. May 28, 2008 this documentary was produced for the 2008 history day. Turkey turkish title challenger facias uk working title challenger. The space shuttle challenger disaster, which happened 28 years ago in 1986, killed all seven crew members on board.
I still remember the faces and the names of the challenger astronauts. When a national disaster unfolded live in 1986 cnn. The challenger disaster succeeds in portraying feynman as a rogue scientist going up against big government and big aerospace, and while a movie needs villains for dramatic effect, the powers that. Twenty five years after the death of the brilliant and charismatic richard feynman, this film explores the remarkable life of the nobel prize winner who was one of. The report, released and submitted to president ronald reagan on 9 june 1986, both determined the cause of the disaster that took place 73 seconds after liftoff, and urged nasa to improve and install. The challenger space shuttle disaster of 1986 was a terrible tragedy for america. Oscarwinning star william hurt heads a stellar cast in this gripping drama about the brilliant and charismatic us physicist richard feynman, who helped uncover the secrets behind the challenger disaster of 1986.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. One mans search for the cause of the challenger tragedy. As a result, challenger and her crew including americas first teacher in space are blown out of the sky seventythree seconds after their january 28, 1986 launch. Jan 19, 2014 the space shuttle challenger disaster, which happened 28 years ago in 1986, killed all seven crew members on board. The solid fuel rocket booster of the space shuttle challenger starts to explode over kennedy space center on january 28, 1986, in cape canaveral, florida.
This dvd edition of film footage related to the disaster is released in the hopes of allowing future generations to educate themselves firsthand about the space shuttle explosion and to understand visually how much the sacrifice of the crew members meant to the entire nation. The challenger disaster 20 12 out of 4 madefortv drama based on the investigation by dr. The film was coproduced by the bbc, the science channel, and open university, 2 and it premiered on 12 may 20 on bbc2. Today is anniversary of challengers explosion it was on this day jan. The film is an appropriately somber and smoothly told account of the washington politics and crossagency obfuscation that nearly derailed the commissions investigation into the disaster. Check out the new trailer for the challenger disaster starring dean cain. There are a few factual errors in the video, but most of what you will hear, really happened. This amazing movie starring william hurt about richard feynmans investigation into the challenger space shuttle disaster of 1986 is a bbc science channel. Today marks the anniversary of what came after the spin, the stories, and the truth about a mission that never should have flown. Lost tapes uses longforgotten news footage and rarely seen nasa video to retell the story of the 1986 shuttle tragedy. The film concentrates on the safety inspections and arguments surrounding the orings that ultimately were blamed for the explosion of challenger.
The documentary will also air on national geographic channels in 171 countries in. With joanne whalley, bruce greenwood, william hurt, brian dennehy. The seminal moment came as the young network struggled to figure out its mission. Challenger was built by rockwell internationals space transportation systems division, in downey, california. Now, 25 years after his death, discover more on this iconic, influential, and inspiring scientist in the accompanying documentary the fantastic mr feynman. Nov 12, 20 the challenger disaster succeeds in portraying feynman as a rogue scientist going up against big government and big aerospace, and while a movie needs villains for dramatic effect, the powers that. The story of how richard feynman william hurt, one of americas most famous scientists, helped to discover the cause of the space shuttle challenger disaster. Jan 17, 2014 in early january 2014, michael hindes of west springfield, mass. Its production was somewhat controversial as the families of the astronauts generally objected to it.
The challenger disaster tv movie 20 the challenger. A quartercentury after the challenger shuttle tragedy, the disaster is often remembered in ways that owe more to myth and misconception than to the truth. A man tries to save himself and his mother from living in the streets through boxing. Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the challenger disaster. New documentary about challenger disaster airs tonight space. Ov099 was the second orbiter of nasas space shuttle program to be put into service, after columbia. The challenger disaster tv movie 20 company credits imdb. Mar 31, 2016 cnn was the only network to broadcast the 1986 challenger disaster live. In this story behind the disaster, meet the astronauts and virtually visit cape canaveral to. The challenger disaster is about as good as a movie produced for television can get. Millions watched as the challenger took off, carrying six nasa specialists and one school teacher a woman who had captured national attention with her devotion to her students and to science. The crew members of space shuttle challenger flight 51l, leave their quarters for the launch pad at kennedy space center in cape canaveral, florida on january 27, 1986. The challenger official trailer 1 2015 sport drama hd.