Kristen Stewart to Play Sally Ride in New Limited Series, ‘The Challenger’

Kristen Stewart has landed a new role! The actress is set to star in Amazon MGM Studios’ new limited series, The Challenger.

Also acting as executive producer, Stewart is set to play astronaut, Sally Ride. Based on the book, The New Guys by Meredith E. Bagby, the story follows “NASA’s 1978 astronaut class, which included the first American women, the first African Americans, the first Asian American, and the first gay person to fly to space. With the exclusive participation of the astronauts who were there, this is the thrilling, behind-the-scenes saga of a new generation that transformed space exploration.”

You can learn more about the book here. This sounds a lot like Disney+’s The Right Stuff, which I loved, so I am behind this series 100%.