TODAY IS: The anniversary of the 1967 Apollo 1 launchpad fire that killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Ed White and delayed the first launch of the program that would eventually put humans on the Moon. Find out how those men were chosen for the Apollo program in Philip Kaufman's thrilling 1983 film THE RIGHT STUFF, which follows a group of test pilots (played by an all-star cast) from the breaking of the sound barrier through the pre-Apollo Mercury space program. [today's movie at IMDb]

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