{"id":137408,"date":"2020-10-11T16:23:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/au\/?p=137408"},"modified":"2020-10-11T16:26:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T16:26:58","slug":"the-right-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/kids-club\/entertainment\/movies\/the-right-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right Stuff!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Calling all young astronauts! Check out this space<\/em>-tastic new show from National Geographic<\/strong>…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s 1950s U.S.A<\/strong>. and the race is on to send the first astronauts into space<\/strong>! Newly-formed NASA<\/strong> is put to the task, and the nation\u2019s best engineers<\/strong> estimate they’ll need decades… But they only have two years<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under mounting pressure from the government<\/strong>, NASA engineers work against the clock<\/strong>. Meanwhile, seven military pilots<\/strong>, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton, are selected to become the Mercury 7<\/strong> \u2013 America’s first astronauts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will the engineers and astronauts be able to achieve the seemingly impossible<\/strong> task<\/strong> in time to meet the deadline<\/strong>? You’ll have to watch The Right Stuff<\/strong><\/em> to find out what happened next…!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn how to make super space crafts with the National Space Centre!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n

Learn more about Mercury 7!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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