Will Arnett Cast Opposite Kristen Stewart in Prime Video's Challenger Disaster Limited Series
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Summary
Will Arnett has joined Kristen Stewart in Prime Video's upcoming limited series 'The Challenger,' which chronicles the events leading up to the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster. Created by Maggie Cohn and inspired by Meredith E. Bagby's book 'The New Guys,' the series also covers the subsequent investigation and Sally Ride's historic journey as the first American woman in space. Stewart makes her TV debut playing astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, while Arnett will portray George Abbey, the NASA Director of Flight Crew Operations who assigned Ride to the 1983 STS-7 mission.
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Created by Maggie Cohn and inspired by Meredith E. Bagby's book The New Guys, the series chronicles the events leading up to the 1986 Challenger disaster, the investigation that followed, and Sally Ride's groundbreaking journey as the first American woman in space.
In her TV debut, Stewart plays astronaut and physicist Ride. Arnett will play George Abbey who, as Director of Flight Crew Operations for NASA's Space Shuttle, assigned Ride to the crew of 1983's STS-7.
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