Cast
Sam Shepard
Chuck Yeager
Scott Glenn
Alan Shepard
Ed Harris
John Glenn
Dennis Quaid
Gordon Cooper
Fred Ward
Gus Grissom
Barbara Hershey
Glennis Yeager
Kim Stanley
Pancho Barnes
Veronica Cartwright
Betty Grissom
Pamela Reed
Trudy Cooper
Scott Paulin
Deke Slayton
Charles Frank
Scott Carpenter
Lance Henriksen
Wally Schirra
Donald Moffat
Lyndon B. Johnson
Levon Helm
Jack Ridley / Narrator
Mary Jo Deschanel
Annie Glenn
Scott Wilson
Scott Crossfield
Kathy Baker
(I)
Louise Shepard
Royal Dano
Minister
David Clennon
Liaison Man
Jim Haynie
Air Force Major
Jeff Goldblum
NASA Recruiter
Scott Beach
Chief Scientist
John P. Ryan
Head of Program
Darryl Henriques
Life Reporter
Eric Sevareid
Himself
William Russ
Slick Goodlin
Drew Letchworth
The Permanent Press Corps
Christopher P. Beale
The Permanent Press Corps
Edward Anhalt
Grand Designer
Mary Apick
Woman Reporter
Erik Bergmann
Eddie Hodges
Katherine Conklin
Woman TV Reporter
Tom Dahlgren
Bell Aircraft Executive
Peggy Davis
Sally Rand
John Dehner
Henry Luce
Robert Elross
Review Board President
David Gulpilil
Aborigine
Kaaren Lee
Young Widow
Michael Pritchard
Texan
O-Lan Jones
Girl at Pancho's
Allen Gebhardt
Astronaut Trainee
Chuck Yeager
Fred
Directing
Philip Kaufman
Director
Alice Tompkins
Script Supervisor
Writing
Tom Wolfe
Novel
Art
Geoffrey Kirkland
Production Design
Jim Poynter
Set Decoration
George R. Nelson
Set Decoration
W. Stewart Campbell
Art Direction
Richard Lawrence
Art Direction
Peter R. Romero
Art Direction
Camera
Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography
Ted Churchill
Steadicam Operator
Harry Mathias
Steadicam Operator
Crew
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Production
James D. Brubaker
Executive Producer
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Irwin Winkler
Producer
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Costume & Make-Up
Karen Bradley
Makeup Artist
Catherine Childers
Hairstylist
Editing
Glenn Farr
Editor
Lisa Fruchtman
Editor
Tom Rolf
Editor
Stephen A. Rotter
Editor
Douglas Stewart
Editor
Visual Effects
Ken Pepiot
Special Effects Supervisor
Jordan Belson
Visual Effects
Sound
Bill Conti
Original Music Composer
David MacMillan
Production Sound Mixer
John Benson
Sound Effects Editor
Mark Berger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Todd Boekelheide
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tim Holland
Sound Effects Editor
Pat Jackson
Sound Effects Editor
Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Karen G. Wilson
Sound Effects Editor
Richard Hymns
Sound Effects Editor