A flop at first, ‘The Right Stuff’ ascends to the level of a classic The great space epic, which turns 40 this month, still thrills with its expert casting and dazzling visuals.

The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe | Save 25%| Now $14.25 on Amazon Read the book that inspired a generation of engineers, scientists and astronauts and retells the early days of human spaceflight.

National Geographic's "The Right Stuff" on Disney+ is based on the previous works of the same title, including journalist Tom Wolfe's 1979 best-selling book and director Philip Kaufman's 1983 ...

Of course, the film that really established his credentials as a movie star, was when Shepard played ace test pilot Chuck Yeager in 1983’s “The Right Stuff,” Phillip Kaufman’s epic ...

In the early ‘80s, writer/director Philip Kaufman (The Wanderers) took on the task of adapting Tom Wolfe’s 1979 nonfiction best-seller The Right Stuff, which documents the Project Mercury ...

Fred Ward, who starred in films including “Henry and June,” “ Tremors,” “ The Right Stuff ” and “The Player,” died May 8, his publicist confirmed to Variety. He was 79.

John Glenn, astronaut, senator and the first U.S. citizen to orbit Earth, passed away Thursday at 95. In Philip Kaufman’s film “The Right Stuff,” based on the book by Tom Wolfe, Ed Harris ...

Disney+ ‘s The Right Stuff is a television adaptation of the famous article, book, and film depicting the psychological pressure driving NASA’s first round of astronauts to reach for the stars.

But Space Coast Film Commissioner Bonnie King believes "The Right Stuff" will be the first television series filmed in Brevard County since "The Cape," a space-themed series which aired in in 1996 ...