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