Cast & Crew

Challenger: The Final Flight

Overview

Engineers, officials and the crew members' families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath.

Full Cast

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Steven Spielberg

Self - Director "Close Encounters" (archive footage)

Nichelle Nichols

Self (archive footage)

Peter Billingsley

Self - Spokesperson, Young Astronaut Program

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Gloria Steinem

Self (archive footage)

Jerry Seinfeld

Self (archive footage)

Kent Shocknek

Self (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw

Self (archive footage)

Roy Rogers

Self (archive footage)

Deke Slayton

Self - Former astronaut (archive footage)

John Denver

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Christa McAuliffe

Self (archive footage)

Ron McNair

Self (archive footage)

Francis Scobee

Self (archive footage)

Richard O. Covey

Self - Astronaut, NASA (1978-1994)

David E. Sanger

Self - Journalist, New York Times

Donald Kutyna

Self - Member, Rogers Commission

Allan McDonald

Self - Director, Solid Rocket Booster Program (1984-1989), Morton Thiokol Corp.

Richard Truly

Self - Astronaut, NASA (1969-1983)

Frederick Gregory

Self - Astronaut, NASA (1978-1993)

June Scobee Rodgers

Self - Wife of Francis "Dick" Scobee

William Harwood

Self - Cape Canaveral Bureau Chief, UPI (1984-1992)

John Zarrella

Self - Correspondent, CNN (1983-2014)

Steve Nesbitt

Self - Public Affairs Officer, NASA (1980-2010)

Leslie Serna

Self - Senior Publications Coordinator (1983-1990), Morton Thiokol Corp.

Gregory Jarvis

Self (archive footage)

Michael J. Smith

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Morgan

Self - Teacher

Lisa Bristol

Self - Sister of Christa McAuliffe

Marcia Jarvis

Self - Wife of Gregory Jarvis

Richard Cook

Self - Resource Analyst, NASA (1985-1996)

Brian Russell

Self - Engineer, Solid Rocket Booster Program (1977-2015), Morton Thiokol Corp.

Jane Smith-Wolcott

Self - Wife of Michael J. Smith

Arnold Aldrich

Self - Manager, NASA Shuttle Program (1985-1986)

William Lucas

Self - Director, NASA (1974-1986), Marshall Space Flight Center

Robert Crippen

Self - Astronaut, NASA (1969-1986)

Joseph Kilminster

Self - Vice President, Solid Rocket Booster Program (1983-1986), Morton Thiokol Corp.

Lawrence Mulloy

Self - Manager, NASA (1982-1986), Marshall Space Flight Center

Ellison Onizuka

Self (archive footage)

Judith Resnik

Self (archive footage)

Alison Smith Balch

Self - Daughter of Michael J. Smith

Cheryl McNair

Self - Astronaut, NASA (1978-1997)

Kris Jacques

Self - Student of Christa McAuliffe

Rhea Seddon

Self - Astronaut, NASA (1978-1997)

Steven McAuliffe

Self - Husband of Christa McAuliffe (archive footage)

Jesse Moore

Self - Dir., Johnson Space Center (archive footage)

Scott Smith

Self - Son of Michael J. Smith

Alton Keel

Self - Executive Director, Rogers Commission

Phillip Boffey

Self - Journalist, New York Times (1977-2016)

Alan Lovelace

Self - NASA Acting Administrator (archive footage)

Myron Malkin

Self - Shuttle Program Director (archive footage)

Guion Bluford

Self (archive footage)

Larry Speakes

Self - White House Spokesman (archive footage)

Directing

Daniel Junge

Directing | Director

Steven Leckart

Directing | Director