The Challenger Disaster

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The Challenger

Based on	What Do You Care What Other People Think? Truth, Lies and O-Rings
Written by	Kate Gartside
Directed by	James Hawes
Starring	Joanne Whalley William Hurt Bruce Greenwood Kevin McNally Eve Best Brian Dennehy
Theme music composer	Christopher Letcher
Production
Cinematography	Lukas Strebel
Editor	Peter Christelis
Running time	89 minutes
Production companies	BBC Science Channel Open University
Release
Original release	12 May 2013 U.K. 16 November 2013 U.S.

The Challenger (US title: The Challenger Disaster) is a 2013 TV movie starring William Hurt about Richard Feynman's investigation into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.^[1] The film was co-produced by the BBC, the Science Channel, and Open University,^[2] and it premiered on 12 May 2013 on BBC2.

It is based^[2] on two books:

Feynman, Richard; Feynman, Gweneth; Leighton, Ralph (1988). What Do You Care What Other People Think?. W. W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-02659-0.
McDonald, Allan J; Hansen, James R. Truth, Lies and O-Rings. ISBN 978-0813041933.

The film follows Feynman (William Hurt) as he attempts to expose the truth in the disaster.

It aired in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel on 16 November 2013.

Cast[]

William Hurt as Dr. Richard Feynman
Joanne Whalley as Gweneth Feynman
Bruce Greenwood as General Donald Kutyna
Brian Dennehy as Chairman William Rogers
Eve Best as Dr. Sally Ride
Henry Goodman as Dr. Weiss
Kevin McNally as Lawrence Mulloy
Sean Michael as Judson Lovingood

References[]

^ Bricken, Rob. "Here's William Hurt as the legendary physicist Richard Feynman!". io9. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b End credits

External links[]

The Challenger Disaster at IMDb
The Challenger Disaster at Rotten Tomatoes
The Challenger Disaster at Metacritic
The Challenger on BBC2

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Career	Feynman diagram Feynman–Kac formula Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory Bethe–Feynman formula Hellmann–Feynman theorem Feynman slash notation Feynman parametrization Path integral formulation Parton model Sticky bead argument One-electron universe Quantum cellular automaton Rogers Commission Report Feynman checkerboard Feynman sprinkler
Works	"There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" (1959) The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1964) The Character of Physical Law (1965) QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (1985) Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985) What Do You Care What Other People Think? (1988) Feynman's Lost Lecture: The Motion of Planets Around the Sun (1997) The Meaning of It All (1999) The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (1999) Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005)
Family	Joan Feynman (sister) Charles Hirshberg (nephew)
Related	Namesakes Cargo cult science Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science Tuva or Bust! Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology Infinity (1996 film) QED (2001 play) The Challenger Disaster (2013 film)

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Flights	STS-6 STS-7 STS-8 STS-41-B STS-41-C STS-41-G STS-51-B STS-51-F STS-61-A STS-51-L
Status	Out of service - Challenger disaster (destroyed) - January 28, 1986 (STS-51-L)
Related	Rogers Commission STS-61-F STS-61-M Challenger flag The Dream Is Alive (1985 documentary) Challenger (1990 film) The Challenger Disaster (2013 film) Challenger: The Final Flight (2020 documentary miniseries) When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
	Main articles	Space Shuttle Challenger Timeline of STS-51-L
	Crew	Dick Scobee (Cmdr) Michael J. Smith Judith Resnik Ellison Onizuka Ronald McNair Gregory Jarvis Christa McAuliffe
	See also	Rogers Commission Report Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster TDRS-B Challenger flag Challenger (1990 film) The Challenger Disaster (2013 film) Challenger: The Final Flight (2020 documentary miniseries)

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Orbiters	Enterprise Columbia Challenger Discovery Atlantis Endeavour
Add-ons	Spacelab (ESA) Canadarm (CSA) Extended Duration Orbiter Remote Controlled Orbiter Spacehab Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Sites	Launch Complex 39 A B Space Launch Complex 6 Landing sites Shuttle Landing Facility Abort landing sites
Operations and training	Missions (canceled) Crews Mission timeline Rollbacks Countdown Abort modes Rendezvous pitch maneuver Shuttle Mission Simulator Shuttle Training Aircraft
Testing	Inspiration (design) Pathfinder (simulator) MPTA (engine test article) Approach and Landing Tests
Disasters	Challenger disaster (report) Columbia disaster (report)
Support	Crawler-transporter Mate-Demate Device Mobile Launcher Platform NASA recovery ship Orbiter Processing Facility Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flights Shuttle Training Aircraft STS-3xx
Special	Deutschland-1 Getaway Special Teacher in Space Project Shuttle-Mir Hitchhiker
Space suits	Extravehicular Mobility Unit Shuttle Ejection Escape Suit Launch Entry Suit Advanced Crew Escape Suit
Experiments	Freestar experiments Inflatable Antenna Experiment Spartan Packet Radio Experiment Shuttle pallet satellite Wake Shield Facility
Derivatives	Saturn-Shuttle Magnum Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle Jupiter Shuttle-C Ares I IV V Liberty Space Launch System OmegA
Replicas	Independence
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The Challenger Disaster

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