The Cast Of The Right Stuff Drop New Sneak Peek During Comic-Con @ Home Panel

The cast of National Geographic’s new show, The Right Stuff, flew into Comic-Con @ Home today, July 25. Patrick J. Adams, Jake McDorman, Colin O’Donoghue, Michael Trotter, Aaron Staton, Micah Stock, James Lafferty, Nora Zehetner, Shannon Lucio, Eloise Mumford, Eric Ladin, and Patrick Fischler were all on hand to chat about their new series during the panel.

During their conversation, the group discussed the difficulty of bringing the Mercury Seven to life, the research they had to do on the characters, NASA, their filming experience, and so much more. The panel also released a new sneak peek from the series as well.

For those who don’t know, “Based on the iconic bestseller by Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff is an inspirational look at the early days of the U.S. Space Program and the incredible story of America’s first astronauts, the Mercury Seven. At the height of the Cold War in 1959, the Soviet Union dominates the space race, and America fears it is a nation in decline. Newly-formed NASA has the monumental task of sending a man into space, and its engineers estimate they need decades to accomplish the feat. They are given two years. Dubbed Project Mercury, the program recruits and trains just seven astronauts from a handful of the military’s best pilots.

Within days of being presented to the world, the Mercury Seven become instant celebrities, forged into heroes before they achieve a single heroic act. At a time when many wondered if America’s glory days were behind it, The Right Stuff is an aspirational story about how ordinary human beings can achieve the extraordinary. As much about who we are today as it is about historic achievements, the series evokes the wonder of this singular era, when the free world looked towards a new horizon of hope as we first stepped off the bounds of our only home to venture into the vast unknown.”

The Right Stuff will premiere on Disney+ this Fall.