Patrick J. Adams and Jake McDorman lead the Disney+ limited series as Major John Glenn and Lieutenant Commander Alan Shepard, respectively, two of America’s original astronauts known as the Mercury 7.
ET can exclusively debut stunning new portraits of Adams, McDorman and the rest of the ensemble suited up for space.Based on the best-selling book by Tom Wolfe, which was previously turned into a 1983 hit film starring Ed Harris and Sam Shepard, the eight-part series revisits America’s 1960s space race with the Soviet Union and the formation of NASA.
It is told through the eyes of seven men who made up the original astronaut program.In addition to Adams and McDorman, Colin O’Donoghue portrays Lieutenant Gordon Cooper with Aaron Staton as.
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