As the Cold War reached its height in the late 1950s, America and the Soviet Union were locked in a fierce battle to be the first country to put a man into space.
It was a struggle that encapsulated the hopes and dreams of two proud nations, but after the Soviets launched the unmanned satellite Sputnik in 1957, America was racing to catch up.
Less than a year later, NASA was founded and Disney+’s spectacular new series The Right Stuff tells the story of Project Mercury and the seven pilots who were selected to be America’s first-ever astronauts.
This story is from the October 03, 2020 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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