The Right Stuff
The race to be first in space.
At the height of the Cold War, newly formed NASA selects seven of the military’s best test pilots to become astronauts. Competing to be the first in space, these men achieve the extraordinary, inspiring the world to turn towards a new horizon of ambition and hope.
Creator: Mark Lafferty
Episodes
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Season 1
8 episodes9 Oct 2020
The first season starts at the height of the Cold War. To combat a national sentiment of fear and decline, the U.S. government conceives of NASA’s Project Mercury, igniting a space race with the Soviets and making instant celebrities of a handful of the military’s adrenaline-fueled test pilots.
Cast
Jake McDorman
Alan Shephard
Patrick J. Adams
John Glenn
Colin O'Donoghue
Gordon Cooper
Eloise Mumford
Trudy Cooper
James Lafferty
Scott Carpenter
Nora Zehetner
Annie Glenn
Eric Ladin
Chris Kraft
Patrick Fischler
Bob Gilruth
Aaron Staton
Wally Schirra
Michael Trotter
Gus Grissom
Micah Stock
Deke Slayton
Shannon Lucio
Louise Shepard
Jackson Pace
Glynn Lunney
Josh Cooke
Loudon Wainwright
Kaley Ronayne
Dee O'Hara
