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