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