The Right Stuff (2020)
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
Alan Shephard Jake McDorman
John Glenn Patrick J. Adams
Gordon Cooper Colin O'Donoghue
Trudy Cooper Eloise Mumford
Scott Carpenter James Lafferty
Annie Glenn Nora Zehetner
Chris Kraft Eric Ladin
Bob Gilruth Patrick Fischler
Videos
Season 1
2020
8 episodes
Season 1 of The Right Stuff premiered on October 9, 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.
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Keywords
- based on novel or book
- nasa
- cold war
- astronaut
- historical
- space race
- historical drama
- 1960s