
Cast
Sam Shepard
Chuck Yeager
Scott Glenn
Alan Shepard
Ed Harris
John Glenn
Dennis Quaid
Gordon Cooper
Fred Ward
Gus Grissom
Barbara Hershey
Glennis Yeager
Kim Stanley
Pancho Barnes
Veronica Cartwright
Betty Grissom
Pamela Reed
Trudy Cooper
Scott Paulin
Deke Slayton
Charles Frank
Scott Carpenter
Lance Henriksen
Wally Schirra
Donald Moffat
Lyndon B. Johnson
Levon Helm
Jack Ridley / Narrator
Mary Jo Deschanel
Annie Glenn
Scott Wilson
Scott Crossfield
Kathy Baker
Louise Shepard
MC
Mickey Crocker
Marge Slayton
SK
Susan Kase
Rene Carpenter
MS
Mittie Smith
Jo Schirra
Royal Dano
Minister
David Clennon
Liaison Man
Jim Haynie
Air Force Major
Jeff Goldblum
NASA Recruiter
Harry Shearer
NASA Recruiter
Scott Beach
Chief Scientist
JD
Jane Dornacker
Nurse Murch
AM
Anthony Munoz
Gonzales
John P. Ryan
Head of Program
Darryl Henriques
Life Reporter
Eric Sevareid
Himself
William Russ
Slick Goodlin
DL
Drew Letchworth
The Permanent Press Corps
CPB
Christopher P. Beale
The Permanent Press Corps
RD
Richard Dupell
The Permanent Press Corps
William Hall
The Permanent Press Corps
JXH
John X. Heart
The Permanent Press Corps
EH
Ed Holmes
The Permanent Press Corps
JBT
Jack Bruno Tate
The Permanent Press Corps
Edward Anhalt
Grand Designer
Mary Apick
Woman Reporter
RB
Robert Beer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
EB
Erik Bergmann
Eddie Hodges
JB
James Brady
Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson
KC
Katherine Conklin
Woman TV Reporter
MC
Maureen Coyne
Waitress
Tom Dahlgren
Bell Aircraft Executive
JL
John Lion
Bell Aircraft Executive
PD
Peggy Davis
Sally Rand
John Dehner
Henry Luce
RE
Robert Elross
Review Board President
DE
Drew Eshelman
Assistant Scientist
RJG
Robert J. Geary
Game Show M.C.
RG
Royce Grones
1st X-1 Pilot
David Gulpilil
Aborigine
AW
Anthony Wallis
Australian Driver
KL
Kaaren Lee
Young Widow
SK
Sandy Kronemeyer
Cocoa Beach Girl
FD
Frankie Di
Cocoa Beach Girl
Michael Pritchard
Texan
EC
Ed Corbett
Texan
O-Lan Jones
Girl at Pancho's
MT
Mark Todd
Astronaut Trainee
AG
Allen Gebhardt
Astronaut Trainee
Chuck Yeager
Fred
Mimi Sarkisian
New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)
Crew
Tom Wolfe
Writing
GF
Glenn Farr
Editing
Irwin Winkler
Production
Lisa Fruchtman
Editing
Bill Conti
Sound
JDB
James D. Brubaker
Production
TR
Tom Rolf
Editing
Caleb Deschanel
Camera
SAR
Stephen A. Rotter
Editing
DS
Douglas Stewart
Editing
Robert Chartoff
Production
Philip Kaufman
Writing
Philip Kaufman
Directing
PRR
Peter R. Romero
Art
WSC
W. Stewart Campbell
Art
RL
Richard Lawrence
Art
TC
Ted Churchill
Camera
AT
Alice Tompkins
Directing
Lynn Stalmaster
Production
DM
David MacMillan
Sound
KP
Ken Pepiot
Visual Effects
Buddy Joe Hooker
Crew
HM
Harry Mathias
Camera
GRN
George R. Nelson
Art
GK
Geoffrey Kirkland
Art
JP
Jim Poynter
Art
Jordan Belson
Visual Effects
PG
Pat Grover
Costume & Make-Up
TB
Todd Boekelheide
Sound
TH
Tim Holland
Sound
Randy Thom
Sound
KGW
Karen G. Wilson
Sound
YC
Yvonne Curry
Costume & Make-Up
MB
Mark Berger
Sound
JB
John Benson
Sound
TS
Thomas Scott
Sound
PJ
Pat Jackson
Sound
BG
Bruce Geller
Costume & Make-Up
AW
Andy Wiskes
Sound
CC
Catherine Childers
Costume & Make-Up
JB
Jay Boekelheide
Sound
Richard Hymns
Sound
KB
Karen Bradley
Costume & Make-Up
SR
Susan Roether
Production