“The true story of the first Americans in space.”
The Real Right Stuff
6.6
16 votes·2020
·1h 30m
·MovieDocumentaryHistory
Overview
The story of America's first astronauts, known as the Mercury 7, told through archival news & radio reports, newly transferred & previously unheard NASA mission audio recordings, and more rare & unseen material.
Keywords
nasabiographyspacehistoricalarchive footagespace racespace researchusa historyman in spacespace flightsspacecraft accidentspace capsule
Cast
Tom Wolfe
Self (archive footage)
John Glenn
Self (archive footage)
Frank McGee
Self (archive footage)
Ralph Renick
Self (archive footage)
Virgil Gus Grissom
Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Alan Shepard
Self (archive footage)
Rene Carpenter
Self (archive footage)
Annie Glenn
Self (archive footage)
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