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Based on the iconic bestseller by Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff is an inspirational look at the early days of the U.S. Space Program and the incredible story of America’s first astronauts, the Mercury Seven. At the height of the Cold War in 1959, the Soviet Union dominates the space race, and America fears it is a nation in decline. Newly-formed NASA has the monumental task of sending a man into space, and its engineers estimate they need decades to accomplish the feat. They are given two years. Dubbed Project Mercury, the program recruits and trains just seven astronauts from a handful of the military’s best pilots. Within days of being presented to the world, the Mercury Seven become instant celebrities, forged into heroes before they achieve a single heroic act. At a time when many wondered if America’s glory days were behind it, The Right Stuff is an aspirational story about how ordinary human beings can achieve the extraordinary. As much about who we are today as it is about historic achievements, the series evokes the wonder of this singular era, when the free world looked towards a new horizon of hope as we first stepped off the bounds of our only home to venture into the vast unknown.
Original Release
10/05/2020 on DISNEY+
US Release
10/05/2020
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Patrick J. Adams | John Glenn |
Patrick Fischler | Bob Gilruth |
Eric Ladin | Chris Kraft |
James Lafferty | Scott Carpenter |
Jake McDorman | Alan Shepard |
Shannon Lucio | Louise Shepard / Lousie Shepard |
Colin O'Donoghue | Gordon Cooper |
Eloise Mumford | Trudy Cooper |
Jackson Pace | Glynn Lunney / Lunney / Glynn Cooper |
Aaron Staton | Wally Schirra |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Sierra Hotel | Monday, 05 October 2020 |
2 | Goodies | Friday, 09 October 2020 |
3 | Single Combat Warrior | Friday, 16 October 2020 |
4 | Advent | Friday, 23 October 2020 |
5 | The Kona Kai Séance | Friday, 30 October 2020 |
6 | Vostok | Friday, 06 November 2020 |
7 | Ziggurat | Friday, 13 November 2020 |
8 | Flight | Friday, 20 November 2020 |
9 | Episode #1.9 | |
10 | Episode #1.10 |
Directors
Andrew Bernstein, Louise Friedberg, Chris Long, John David Coles
Writers
Mark Lafferty, Tom Wolfe, Vinnie Wilhelm, Danielle Roderick, Ameni Rozsa, Lizzie Mickery, Howard Korder, Philip Kaufman, Will Staples
Cast
Name | Character |
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Patrick J. Adams | John Glenn |
Patrick Fischler | Bob Gilruth |
Eric Ladin | Chris Kraft |
James Lafferty | Scott Carpenter |
Jake McDorman | Alan Shepard |
Shannon Lucio | Louise Shepard / Lousie Shepard |
Colin O'Donoghue | Gordon Cooper |
Eloise Mumford | Trudy Cooper |
Jackson Pace | Glynn Lunney / Lunney / Glynn Cooper |
Aaron Staton | Wally Schirra |
Micah Stock | Deke Slayton |
Michael Trotter | Gus Grissom |
Nora Zehetner | Annie Glenn |
Josh Cooke | Loudon Wainwright |
Kaley Ronayne | Dee O'Hara |
Nolan Purf | NASA Engineer / Starlite Hotel Patron |
Rachel Burttram | Betty Grissom |
Chandler Head | Cam Cooper |
Joshua Ritter | Carl "Roy" Hutmacher / Carl 'Roy' Hutmacher |
Lucy Capri | Janita Cooper |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Howard Korder | Executive Producer |
Will Staples | Executive Producer |
Mark Lafferty | Executive Producer |
Danny Strong | Executive Producer |
Leonardo DiCaprio | Executive Producer |
Vinnie Wilhelm | Executive Producer |
Jennifer Davisson | Executive Producer |
Chris Long | Executive Producer |
Matt Barber | Producer |
Lisa Albert | Producer |
Joshua Levey | Producer |
Llewellyn Wells | Producer |
Thelma Schoonmaker | Producer |
Chris Long | Producer |
Ameni Rozsa | Producer |
Michael Hampton | Producer |
Editors
Matt Barber, Paul Karasick, Luyen Vu, Pattye Rogers, Matthew Colonna