The Right Stuff: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Right Stuff takes a gritty, anti-nostalgic look at what would become America's first reality show as the obsessive original Mercury Seven astronauts and their families become instant celebrities in a competition that will either kill them or make them immortal. The one-hour drama will follow the protagonists from the Mojave Desert to the edges of space, with future seasons carrying through to humankind's greatest achievement: the moon landing.

Series details

• Title: The Right Stuff
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, History
• Premiere date: 2020-10-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-11-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Disney+
• Typical episode runtime: 47 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 30730
• IMDb ID: tt7423322
• TVDB ID: 362576

Cast and credited roles

• Patrick J. Adams — Maj. John Glenn
• Jake McDorman — Lt. Comm. Alan Shepard
• Colin O'Donoghue — Lt. Gordon Cooper
• Aaron Staton — Wally Schirra
• James Lafferty — Scott Carpenter
• Micah Stock — Deke Slayton
• Michael Trotter — Gus Grissom
• Nora Zehetner — Annie Glenn
• Eloise Mumford — Trudy Cooper
• Shannon Lucio — Louise Shepard
• Patrick Fischler — Bob Gilruth
• Eric Ladin — Chris Kraft

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-10-09; final listed air date 2020-11-20; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Right Stuff on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.