names: The Right Stuff
genre: Drama, History, Adventure
overview: A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, and Gordon Cooper.
crew: Sam Shepard, Chuck Yeager, Scott Glenn, Alan Shepard, Ed Harris, John Glenn, Dennis Quaid, Gordon Cooper, Fred Ward, Gus Grissom, Barbara Hershey, Glennis Yeager, Kim Stanley, Pancho Barnes, Veronica Cartwright, Betty Grissom, Pamela Reed, Trudy Cooper
orig_title: The Right Stuff