New Original Series Based on Tom Wolfe's 'The Right Stuff' is Coming to Disney+!

There’s already a ton of projects in the pipeline coming to Disney+ this year from season two of The Mandalorian to a new dogs series featuring Goofy! We just got word that another out of this world project will be heading to the streaming platform this year.

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Based on Tom Wolfe’s best-selling book of the same name, The Right Stuff will be adapted into an original series by National Geographic to debut on Disney+.

The story follows NASA’s Mercury Seven team during the height of the Cold War as they race to ensure America makes it into space within a daunting two-year timespan. The series will star Patrick J. Adams, Jake McDorman, Colin O’Donoghue, Aaron Staton, James Lafferty, and Michael Trotter as the team of pilots and engineers who undertake this mission.

The series is being executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson, along with showrunner Mark Lafferty. Check out a sneak peek of the new series below!