Torrential

The Real Right Stuff

The true story of the first Americans in space.

The story of America's first astronauts, known as the Mercury 7, told through archival news & radio reports, newly transferred & previously unheard NASA mission audio recordings, and more rare & unseen material.

Documentary History

Tom Wolfe

(Self (archive footage))

John Glenn

(Self (archive footage))

Frank McGee

(Self (archive footage))

Ralph Renick

(Self (archive footage))

Virgil Gus Grissom

(Self (archive footage))

Walter Cronkite

(Self (archive footage))

John F. Kennedy

(Self (archive footage))

Alan Shepard

(Self (archive footage))

Rene Carpenter

(Self (archive footage))

Annie Glenn

(Self (archive footage))