Trailer
Cast
Ed Harris
John Glenn
Donald Moffat
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry Shearer
NASA Recruiter
William Russ
Slick Goodlin
Pamela Reed
Trudy Cooper
Lance Henriksen
Wally Schirra
David Gulpilil
Aborigine
Levon Helm
Jack Ridley / Narrator
Mary Jo Deschanel
Annie Glenn
Dennis Quaid
Gordon Cooper
Jim Haynie
Air Force Major
Mary Apick
Woman Reporter
Chuck Yeager
Fred
Michael Pritchard
Texan
Fred Ward
Gus Grissom
Scott Beach
Chief Scientist
Mimi Sarkisian
New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)
Sam Shepard
Chuck Yeager
Kim Stanley
Pancho Barnes
John P. Ryan
Head of Program
William Hall
The Permanent Press Corps
Scott Glenn
Alan Shepard
Veronica Cartwright
Betty Grissom
Scott Wilson
Scott Crossfield
John Dehner
Henry Luce
Kathy Baker
Louise Shepard
Darryl Henriques
Life Reporter
Edward Anhalt
Grand Designer
Royal Dano
Minister
Barbara Hershey
Glennis Yeager
Scott Paulin
Deke Slayton
Charles Frank
Scott Carpenter
Jeff Goldblum
NASA Recruiter
Eric Sevareid
Himself
O-Lan Jones
Girl at Pancho's
David Clennon
Liaison Man