The National Geographic series The Right Stuff (available to stream at Disney+) tells the story of the early days of the U.S. Space Program and America’s first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, as the newly-formed NASA embarks on the monumental and awe-inspiring task of sending the first man into space. Project Mercury recruited and trained astronauts from a handful of the military’s best pilots, including Major John Glenn (Patrick J. Adams) and Lieutenant Commander Alan Shepard (Jake McDorman), and the Mercury Seven became instant celebrities and heroes, as they worked toward extraordinary historic achievements that would …