Right stuff

"The Right Stuff" Movie Timeline

By kbaldwin

  • Yeager

    Yeager
    Chuck Yeager breaks through the sound barrier.
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    "The Right Stuff" Movie Timeline

  • Test Pilots

    Test Pilots
    The seven pilots enter the Edwards Air Force Base to test different rockets.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I, the world's first artificial satellite.

  • Gagarin

    Gagarin
    Yuri Gagarin, a Russian, became the first human to enter space.

  • Shepard

    Shepard
    Alan Shepard became the first American to enter space.

  • JFK

    JFK
    John F. Kennedy makes a speech saying that America will go to the moon by the end of the year.

  • Grissom

    Grissom
    Gus Grissom becomes the second American to enter space. His rocket sunk in the ocean.

  • Glenn

    Glenn
    John Glenn orbits the earth in the Atlas rocket.

  • Cooper

    Cooper
    Gordo Cooper becomes the last American to go to space alone, orbiting the Earth 22 times.