Summary
As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges.
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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
Royal Dano
Minister
David Clennon
Liaison Man
Jim Haynie
Air Force Major
Jeff Goldblum
NASA Recruiter
Harry Shearer
NASA Recruiter
Scott Beach
Chief Scientist
John P. Ryan
Head of Program
Darryl Henriques
Life Reporter
Eric Sevareid
Himself
William Russ
Slick Goodlin
William Hall
The Permanent Press Corps
Mary Apick
Woman Reporter
Tom Dahlgren
Bell Aircraft Executive
John Dehner
Henry Luce
David Gulpilil
Aborigine
O-Lan Jones
Girl at Pancho's
Chuck Yeager
Fred
Mimi Sarkisian
New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)