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At the height of the Cold War in 1959, the Soviet Union dominates the space race. 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 most accomplished test pilots. These individuals, who come to be known as the Mercury Seven, are forged into heroes long before they have achieved a single heroic act. The nation’s best engineers estimate they need several decades to make it into outer space. They are given two years.
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L to R: Micah Stock as Deke Slayton, Jake McDorman as Alan Shepard, Aaron Staton as Wally Schirra, Michael Trotter as Gus Grissom, Patrick J. Adams as John Glenn, Colin O'Donoghue as Gordon Cooper and James Lafferty as Scott Carpenter in National Geographic's THE RIGHT STUFF on Disney+. (Credit: National Geographic/Gene Page)
ofL to R: Micah Stock as Deke Slayton, Jake McDorman as Alan Shepard, Aaron Staton as Wally Schirra, Michael Trotter as Gus Grissom, Patrick J. Adams as John Glenn, Colin O'Donoghue as Gordon Cooper and James Lafferty as Scott Carpenter in National Geographic's THE RIGHT STUFF on Disney+. (Credit: National Geographic/Gene Page)
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Left row front to back: Micah Stock as Deke Slayton, Danny Strong as John ‘Shorty’ Powers, Michael Trotter as Gus Grissom, Aaron Staton as Wally Schirra. Right row front to back: Patrick J. Adams as John Glenn, Jake McDorman as Alan Shepard, Colin O'Donoghue as Gordon Cooper and James Lafferty as Scott Carpenter in National Geographic's THE RIGHT STUFF on Disney+. (Credit: National Geographic/Gene Page)
ofLeft row front to back: Micah Stock as Deke Slayton, Danny Strong as John ‘Shorty’ Powers, Michael Trotter as Gus Grissom, Aaron Staton as Wally Schirra. Right row front to back: Patrick J. Adams as John Glenn, Jake McDorman as Alan Shepard, Colin O'Donoghue as Gordon Cooper and James Lafferty as Scott Carpenter in National Geographic's THE RIGHT STUFF on Disney+. (Credit: National Geographic/Gene Page)
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