A Major Malfunction
Series: The Space Shuttle
Publisher: The BBC
Episode number: 9
Length (minutes): 51
Description:
The Challenger tragedy shocks a nation, as millions watch on TV screens across the USA.
Something has gone catastrophically wrong with the launch of space shuttle mission STS-51L. As they watch a fireball engulf the spacecraft, nobody in mission control has any idea what went wrong. Could it have been prevented?
We turn back the clock to a meeting the day before the launch which might have changed everything.