The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
Noah Austin Brooks reviewedJune 27, 2025
The sound barrier is broken for the first time, followed by the beginning of The Space Race and the trials and tribulations of the first Americans to enter space.