Cut to 1959, when the NASA program is just getting started and its leaders, Chris Kraft (Bosch‘s Eric Ladin) and Bob Gilruth (Once Upon a Time‘s Patrick Fischler), are looking for the nation’s best test pilots to be its astronauts. Russia is far ahead of the Americans in its space endeavors, so Kraft and Gilruth need to proceed quickly and smartly. Unfortunately, one of the characteristics of being a test pilot is a tendency to prematurely die, so that eliminates quite a few candidates on their list. But there are still some promising hopefuls, mainly Glenn, a pilot for the Marines who is looking for a new adventure and to make a name for himself after reaching an age where there isn’t much more on the horizon for him as a Marine. A devoted husband to his wife Annie (Grey’s Anatomy‘s Nora Zehetner) and a non-drinker, Glenn is a clean-cut guy who shakes his head as his fellow pilots booze it up and sleep around.