Chuck Yeager

Sam Shepard

Acting

Alan Shepard

Scott Glenn

Acting

John Glenn

Ed Harris

Acting

Gordon Cooper

Dennis Quaid

Acting

Gus Grissom

Fred Ward

Acting

Glennis Yeager

Barbara Hershey

Acting

Pancho Barnes

Kim Stanley

Acting

Betty Grissom

Veronica Cartwright

Acting

Trudy Cooper

Pamela Reed

Acting

Deke Slayton

Scott Paulin

Acting

Scott Carpenter

Charles Frank

Acting

Wally Schirra

Lance Henriksen

Acting

Lyndon B. Johnson

Donald Moffat

Acting

Jack Ridley / Narrator

Levon Helm

Acting

Annie Glenn

Mary Jo Deschanel

Acting

Scott Crossfield

Scott Wilson

Acting

Louise Shepard

Kathy Baker

Acting

Marge Slayton

Mickey Crocker

Acting

Rene Carpenter

Susan Kase

Acting

Jo Schirra

Mittie Smith

Acting

Minister

Royal Dano

Acting

Liaison Man

David Clennon

Acting

Air Force Major

Jim Haynie

Acting

NASA Recruiter

Jeff Goldblum

Acting

NASA Recruiter

Harry Shearer

Acting

Chief Scientist

Scott Beach

Acting

Nurse Murch

Jane Dornacker

Acting

Gonzales

Anthony Munoz

Acting

Head of Program

John P. Ryan

Acting

Life Reporter

Darryl Henriques

Acting

Himself

Eric Sevareid

Acting

Slick Goodlin

William Russ

Acting

The Permanent Press Corps

Drew Letchworth

Acting

The Permanent Press Corps

Christopher P. Beale

Acting

The Permanent Press Corps

Richard Dupell

Acting

The Permanent Press Corps

William Hall

Acting

The Permanent Press Corps

John X. Heart

Acting

The Permanent Press Corps

Ed Holmes

Acting

The Permanent Press Corps

Jack Bruno Tate

Acting

Grand Designer

Edward Anhalt

Writing

Woman Reporter

Mary Apick

Acting

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Robert Beer

Acting

Eddie Hodges

Erik Bergmann

Acting

Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson

James Brady

Acting

Woman TV Reporter

Katherine Conklin

Acting

Waitress

Maureen Coyne

Acting

Bell Aircraft Executive

Tom Dahlgren

Acting

Bell Aircraft Executive

John Lion

Acting

Sally Rand

Peggy Davis

Acting

Henry Luce

John Dehner

Acting

Review Board President

Robert Elross

Acting

Assistant Scientist

Drew Eshelman

Acting

Game Show M.C.

Robert J. Geary

Acting

1st X-1 Pilot

Royce Grones

Acting

Aborigine

David Gulpilil

Acting

Australian Driver

Anthony Wallis

Acting

Young Widow

Kaaren Lee

Acting

Cocoa Beach Girl

Sandy Kronemeyer

Acting

Cocoa Beach Girl

Frankie Di

Acting

Texan

Michael Pritchard

Acting

Texan

Edward Corbett

Acting

Girl at Pancho's

O-Lan Jones

Acting

Astronaut Trainee

Mark Todd

Acting

Astronaut Trainee

Allen Gebhardt

Acting

Fred

Chuck Yeager

Acting

New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)

Mimi Sarkisian

Acting