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To score the soundtrack of "The Real Right Stuff," the National Geographic Channel launched into the virtual orchestra frontier.

Watch 'The Real Right Stuff' launch into the virtual orchestra frontier for an epic soundtrack (exclusive)

By Elizabeth Howell published

A new video from the National Geographic Channel shows musicians virtually coming together to score "The Real Right Stuff."

Space Movies & Shows
Rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, portrayed by Sacha Seberg, and his team in the blockhouse for the Mercury-Redestone 1 launch in the fourth episode of National Geographic's "The Right Stuff" streaming on Disney Plus.

'The Right Stuff' recap: We've got a lot of catching up to do ('Advent')

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The moon comes into focus in the fourth episode of National Geographic's "The Right Stuff" on Disney Plus.

Space Movies & Shows
The Mercury astronauts go for a spin on the Multiple-Axis Space Test Inertia Facility, or MASTIF, in the third episode of the National Geographic series "The Right Stuff" now on Disney Plus.

'The Right Stuff' recap: This is not a game ('Single Combat Warrior')

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

In his 1979 book, Tom Wolfe wrote about the Mercury astronauts as being the last of the single-combat warriors. The third episode of NatGeo's "The Right Stuff" borrows the phrase for its title.

Space Games & Toys
The Mercury 7 astronauts meet the world in the first two episodes of the National Geographic series "The Right Stuff," now streaming on the Disney Plus service.

'The Right Stuff' recap: Meet the Mercury 7 astronauts — 'Sierra Hotel' and 'Goodies'

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

"The Right Stuff" lifts off with a countdown to a liftoff. The new National Geographic show launched on Disney Plus with the first two hours of the eight-episode series.

Space Movies & Shows
Rene Carpenter in 1969.

Rene Carpenter, pioneering space writer and last member of 'astronaut wives club,' dies at 92

By Chelsea Gohd published

Rene Carpenter — pioneering writer, space reporter and last surviving member of the "astronaut wives club," has died. She was 92.

Human Spaceflight
The crewmembers of the Apollo 13 mission, step aboard the USS Iwo Jima recovery ship after successfully surviving their journey around the moon and splashing down in the Pacific ocean.

Apollo 13 at 50: How NASA turned near-disaster at the moon into a 'successful failure' in space

By Chelsea Gohd last updated

Fifty years ago today (April 11), three astronauts launched to space, poised to be the next humans to walk on the moon. But things didn't exactly go according to plan.

Apollo
The National Air and Space Museum, working with the Smithsonian Transcription Center, is seeking the public's help to expand access to the extensive, handwritten astronaut training notes by Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly into space.

Smithsonian seeks public's help with Sally Ride's astronaut training notes

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Do you have the "Right Stuff" like Ride?

Human Spaceflight
OneWeb has dedicated its third broadband satellite launch to the memory of the world's first spacewalker, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov. The launch comes 55 years after Leonov's spacewalk.

OneWeb dedicates satellite launch to first spacewalker Alexei Leonov

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A company launching a constellation of broadband satellites is paying tribute to the first "human satellite" 55 years after he walked in space.

Satellites
The first group of Manned Orbiting Laboratory astronauts poses in front of a model of the Titan III-M launch vehicle. Al Crews is at center.

Lost space dreams: How Al Crews missed out on becoming an astronaut — twice

By Roger Guillemette published

Crews was in line to fly on two military spacecraft that never made it to orbit.

Human Spaceflight
NASA released an updated version of the famous "Pale Blue Dot" image of Earth taken by Voyager to celebrate the photograph's 30th anniversary.

NASA's iconic 'Pale Blue Dot' photo of Earth from space just got a 21st-century makeover

By Meghan Bartels last updated

On Feb. 14, 1990, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft captured one of the most iconic photographs of the space age; to commemorate the moment's 30th anniversary, NASA has digitally dusted off the image.

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