The Right Stuff

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.

CAST

Sam ShepardChuck Yeager

Scott GlennAlan Shepard

Ed HarrisJohn Glenn

Dennis QuaidGordon Cooper

Fred WardGus Grissom

Barbara HersheyGlennis Yeager

Kim StanleyPancho Barnes

Veronica CartwrightBetty Grissom

Pamela ReedTrudy Cooper

Scott PaulinDeke Slayton

Charles FrankScott Carpenter

Lance HenriksenWally Schirra

Donald MoffatLyndon B. Johnson

Levon HelmJack Ridley / Narrator

Mary Jo DeschanelAnnie Glenn