| Genre: | Docuseries[1] |
| Music: | Jeff Beal |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Episodes: | 4 |
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| Cinematography: | Graham Willoughby |
| Runtime: | 180 minutes[2] |
| Network: | Netflix |
Challenger: The Final Flight is a 2020 American docuseries developed by Glen Zipper and Steven Leckart for Netflix.[3] It focuses on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, including the build-up to the flight, interviews with key individuals and fallout from the disaster.
The series was released on Netflix on September 16, 2020.[4]
The Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, including a school teacher from New Hampshire.
The official trailer was released on September 2, 2020.[5]
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."[6] On Metacritic, the series scored 76 out of 100, indicating "generally favourable reviews" based on a weighted average.[7]