The Right Stuff Companion Podcast Season 1 Episode 1:  (Directed by Chris Long) By: Doug and Peter Astronauts John Glenn and Alan Shepard compete as the newly-formed NASA looks for 7 new Mercury astronauts to begin the US manned space program. The Right Stuff, available on Disney+, is a new historical dramatic series about the US space program. Photos: The real Mercury 7 press conference, hands raised. Mercury 7 press conference, with rocket. Email us: [email protected] (Music: https://www.purple-planet.com)