JFK sends a science committee to Cape Canaveral to assess the validity of the space program. Glenn, burning from the results of the peer vote, drafts letters to politicians complaining that Shepard is morally unfit to be the first man in space. But matters of internal power plays and a skeptical president are soon dwarfed by news out of Russia that could be the nail in Project Mercury's coffin.

The Right Stuff Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Sierra Hotel
• s01e02 - Goodies
• s01e03 - Single Combat Warrior
• s01e04 - Advent
• s01e05 - The Kona Kai Seance
• s01e06 - VOSTOK
• s01e07 - Ziggurat
• s01e08 - Flight

The Right Stuff Show Summary

At the height of the Cold War, newly formed NASA selects seven of the military's best test pilots to become astronauts. Competing to be the first in space, these men achieve the extraordinary, inspiring the world to turn towards a new horizon of ambition and hope.