Aside from the nationwide tragedy of the Apollo 1 command capsule fireplace that took the lives of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chafee on Jan. 27, 1967 throughout a launch rehearsal at Cape Kennedy, NASA’s darkest hour as much as that time occurred 19 years later when the house shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch on Jan. 28, 1986, inflicting the deaths of all seven astronaut aboard.
Then on Feb. 1, 2003 catastrophe struck as soon as once more after the house shuttle Columbia broke aside throughout its reentry flight over Texas, sadly killing its STS-107 crew of seven courageous astronauts, bringing this system to a shuddering halt.
“House Shuttle Columbia: The Closing Flight” is a riveting new four-part collection that debuted April 7, from CNN Originals and co-produced by BBC and Mindhouse Productions, and we’ve an unique interview clip to share from the two-episode collection finale touchdown on CNN on Sunday, April 14.
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Here is the docuseries’ official synopsis:
“Columbia was the primary House Shuttle to launch and redefined house journey – it took off like a rocket, landed like a aircraft, and was reusable – making the dream of routine house flight a tangible actuality. Throughout 4 episodes, the story of the ticking-clock of Columbia’s closing mission is informed in dramatic element, starting months earlier than the troubled launch, unfolding throughout the sixteen days in orbit, and concluding with the investigation into the tragic lack of the seven astronauts’ lives. Weaving collectively intimate footage shot by the astronauts themselves contained in the orbiter, unique first-hand testimony from members of the family of the Shuttle’s crew, key gamers at NASA – a few of whom have by no means spoken earlier than – and journalists who coated the story on the bottom, the collection paints an intimate portrait of the ladies and men onboard and uncovers in forensic element the path of occasions and missed alternatives that finally led to catastrophe.
“With wide-ranging entry to NASA’s archives, together with beforehand unseen footage and findings from the official investigation, ‘House Shuttle Columbia’ is the definitive telling of this nationwide tragedy and the within story of 1 America’s most iconic establishments, uncovering how monetary pressures and a tradition of complacency might have contributed to the occasions of February 1, 2003. The collection additionally displays on the legacy of the House Shuttle period, serving as a well timed exploration of the challenges and inherent risks that stay related to house journey at the moment.”
Our unique clip above options interviews with former NASA Picture Evaluation Supervisor Bob Web page, Wayne Hale, former NASA Supervisor, Shuttle Program and CNN Analyst Miles O’Brien relating to the previous ongoing points at NASA the place individuals have been afraid to talk up and provide dissenting opinions in a bureaucratic system ill-equipped for good communication throughout all built-in departments.
CNN’s “House Shuttle Columbia: The Closing Flight” premiered Sunday, April 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT with its first two installments. The docuseries’ closing two episodes each air Sunday, April 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Its govt produced by Emma Tutty and Emma Whitehead for Mindhouse, and Amy Entelis and Lyle Gamm for CNN Unique Sequence.
