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The Right Stuff

TV·2020–2020·1 season, 8 episodes·Disney+·Drama·45m·7.2·Created by Mark Lafferty

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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.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01The Right Stuff S01E08FlightS01E08 · 7.3After Shepard’s dramatic voyage to space, he feels underwhelmed and restless. Heeding Glenn’s advice, Shepard attempts to quell his ambition with gratitude for his wife and children. While Shepard’s marriage somehow remains intact, Gordo and Trudy’s may never recover. Meanwhile, when JFK publicly issues a challenge for NASA to send a man to the moon, Glenn’s drive to top Shepard is reignited.
  2. 02The Right Stuff S01E03Single Combat WarriorS01E03 · 7.2After mysterious bouts of vertigo, Shepard turns to Dee O’Hara to help him. Meanwhile, Cocoa Beach has transformed from ghost town to perpetual party. Gordo finds himself tempted by another woman. Glenn seeks refuge from the bedlam at a local church gathering, where even he is confronted by temptation. The astronauts’ families arrive in Florida to watch the first test launch of the Atlas Rocket.
  3. 03The Right Stuff S01E06VostokS01E06 · 7.2JFK sends a science committee to Cape Canaveral to assess the validity of the space program. Glenn, burning from the results of the peer vote, drafts letters to politicians complaining that Shepard is morally unfit to be the first man in space. But matters of internal power plays and a skeptical president are soon dwarfed by news out of Russia that could be the nail in Project Mercury’s coffin.

Castfull cast & details

Jake McDormanJake McDormanAlan ShephardPatrick J. AdamsPatrick J. AdamsJohn GlennColin O'DonoghueColin O'DonoghueGordon CooperEloise MumfordEloise MumfordTrudy CooperJames LaffertyJames LaffertyScott CarpenterNora ZehetnerNora ZehetnerAnnie GlennEric LadinEric LadinChris KraftPatrick FischlerPatrick FischlerBob Gilruth

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2020Aired 7.0Season avg
  1. S01E01The Right Stuff S01E01Sierra HotelOctober 9, 2020 7.0It’s 1959 and Russia is winning the space race. In order to compete, The United States forms NASA and chooses to recruit the nations best te
  2. S01E02The Right Stuff S01E02GoodiesOctober 9, 2020 7.0The press descends upon the domestic lives of the astronauts. Shepard and Gordo wilt under the limelight while Glenn thrives. Glenn secures
  3. S01E03The Right Stuff S01E03Single Combat WarriorOctober 16, 2020 7.2After mysterious bouts of vertigo, Shepard turns to Dee O’Hara to help him. Meanwhile, Cocoa Beach has transformed from ghost town to perpet
  4. S01E04The Right Stuff S01E04AdventOctober 23, 2020 6.0After a rocket malfunctions during a test, the Mercury 7 head home for Christmas. Shepard’s holidays are fraught, as the arrival of his pare
  5. S01E05The Right Stuff S01E05The Kona Kai SéanceOctober 30, 2020 7.0Trudy meets with Jerrie Cobb and is invited to join the first all-female-astronaut corps. The Mercury 7 are sent to San Diego for some glad-
  6. S01E06The Right Stuff S01E06VostokNovember 6, 2020 7.2JFK sends a science committee to Cape Canaveral to assess the validity of the space program. Glenn, burning from the results of the peer vot
  7. S01E07The Right Stuff S01E07ZigguratNovember 13, 2020 7.0On the Eve of the flight, Louise learns of Shepard’s affair in Tijuana. Trudy watches Gordo crack a joke about women astronauts on televisio
  8. S01E08The Right Stuff S01E08Season's bestFlightNovember 20, 2020 7.3After Shepard’s dramatic voyage to space, he feels underwhelmed and restless. Heeding Glenn’s advice, Shepard attempts to quell his ambition

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