The Right Stuff

About The Right Stuff

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.

The Right Stuff is a drama series made for Disney+. Its one season of 8 episodes was broadcast from October 2020 to November 2020.

Jake McDorman appears as Alan Shephard, Patrick J. Adams as John Glenn, Colin O'Donoghue as Gordon Cooper, and Eloise Mumford as Trudy Cooper. It comes from Appian Way and National Geographic. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under astronaut, cold war, NASA, and space race.

The Queen's Gambit, For All Mankind, and Chasing the Moon make useful companions to The Right Stuff, all filed under 1960s, historical, and historical drama. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 131 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-14 rating.