Sam Shepard

as Chuck Yeager

Born 11/05/1943

Died 07/27/2017, age

Scott Glenn

as Alan Shepard

Born 01/26/1939, age

Ed Harris

as John Glenn

Born 11/28/1950, age

Dennis Quaid

as Gordon Cooper

Born 04/09/1954, age

Fred Ward

as Gus Grissom

Born 12/30/1942

Died 05/08/2022, age

Barbara Hershey

as Glennis Yeager

Born 02/05/1948, age

Kim Stanley

as Pancho Barnes

Born 02/11/1925

Died 08/20/2001, age

Veronica Cartwright

as Betty Grissom

Born 04/20/1949, age

Pamela Reed

as Trudy Cooper

Born 04/02/1949, age

Scott Paulin

as Deke Slayton

Born 02/13/1950, age

Charles Frank

as Scott Carpenter

Born 04/17/1947, age

Lance Henriksen

as Wally Schirra

Born 05/05/1940, age

Donald Moffat

as Lyndon B. Johnson

Born 12/26/1930

Died 12/20/2018, age

Levon Helm

as Jack Ridley / Narrator

Born 05/26/1940

Died 04/19/2012, age

Scott Wilson

as Scott Crossfield

Born 03/29/1942

Died 10/06/2018, age

Kathy Baker

as Louise Shepard

Born 06/08/1950, age

Royal Dano

as Minister

Born 11/16/1922

Died 05/15/1994, age

David Clennon

as Liaison Man

Born 05/10/1943, age

Jim Haynie

as Air Force Major

Born 02/06/1940

Died 04/03/2021, age

Jeff Goldblum

as NASA Recruiter

Born 10/22/1952, age

Harry Shearer

as NASA Recruiter

Born 12/23/1943, age

John P. Ryan

as Head of Program

Born 07/30/1936

Died 03/20/2007, age

William Russ

as Slick Goodlin

Born 10/20/1950, age

John Dehner

as Henry Luce

Born 11/23/1915

Died 02/04/1992, age

David Gulpilil

as Aborigine

Born 07/01/1953

Died 11/29/2021, age