- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1972-01-08
- Director: Robert Michael Lewis
- Writers: Gerald Di Pego , Charles Kuenstle , Robert Biheller
- Language: English
- Stars: Jackie Cooper , Monte Markham , Monte Markham , Richard Anderson , Robert Lansing , Susan Clark , John Lupton , Walter Brooke , Loretta Leversee , Paul Kent , James Sikking
- Runtime: 73 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: El astronauta (Spain) , The Astronaut , The Astronaut (United States of America)
- Plot: Government officials, not wanting to have the space program canceled, substitute a lookalike for an astronaut who died on a Mars mission.
- IMDB:tt0068229
The Astronaut Cast · · · ALL
Robert Michael Lewis
Director
Jackie Cooper
Kurt Anderson
Monte Markham
Eddie Reese / Col. Brice Randolph
Richard Anderson
Dr. Wylie
Robert Lansing
John Phillips
Susan Clark
Gail Randolph
John Lupton
Don Masters
Walter Brooke
Tom Everett
James Sikking
Astronaut Higgins
Paul Kent
Carl Samuels
Loretta Leversee
Toni Scott
Patsy Garrett
Boy's Mother
Tom Hallick
Agent Wilson
John S. Ragin
Walters
Paul Micale
Beachgoer
Richard Stahl
Fred, Beachgoer's Friend
Bob Harks
Photographer (uncredited)