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
Louise Shepard
Mickey Crocker
Marge Slayton
Susan Kase
Rene Carpenter
Mittie Smith
Jo Schirra
Royal Dano
Minister
David Clennon
Liaison Man
Jim Haynie
Air Force Major
Jeff Goldblum
NASA Recruiter
Harry Shearer
NASA Recruiter
Scott Beach
Chief Scientist
Jane Dornacker
Nurse Murch
Anthony Munoz
Gonzales
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
Richard Dupell
The Permanent Press Corps
William Hall
The Permanent Press Corps
John X. Heart
The Permanent Press Corps
Ed Holmes
The Permanent Press Corps
Jack Bruno Tate
The Permanent Press Corps
Edward Anhalt
Grand Designer
Mary Apick
Woman Reporter
Robert Beer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Erik Bergmann
Eddie Hodges
James Brady
Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson
Katherine Conklin
Woman TV Reporter
Maureen Coyne
Waitress
Tom Dahlgren
Bell Aircraft Executive
John Lion
Bell Aircraft Executive
Peggy Davis
Sally Rand
John Dehner
Henry Luce
Robert Elross
Review Board President
Drew Eshelman
Assistant Scientist
Robert J. Geary
Game Show M.C.
Royce Grones
1st X-1 Pilot
David Gulpilil
Aborigine
Anthony Wallis
Australian Driver
Kaaren Lee
Young Widow
Sandy Kronemeyer
Cocoa Beach Girl
Frankie Di
Cocoa Beach Girl
Michael Pritchard
Texan
Edward Corbett
Texan
O-Lan Jones
Girl at Pancho's
Mark Todd
Astronaut Trainee
Allen Gebhardt
Astronaut Trainee
Chuck Yeager
Fred
Mimi Sarkisian
New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)
Tom Wolfe
Novel
Philip Kaufman
Screenplay
Philip Kaufman
Director
James D. Brubaker
Executive Producer
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Irwin Winkler
Producer
Bill Conti
Original Music Composer
Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography
Glenn Farr
Editor
Lisa Fruchtman
Editor
Tom Rolf
Editor
Stephen A. Rotter
Editor
Douglas Stewart
Editor
W. Stewart Campbell
Art Direction
Richard Lawrence
Art Direction
Peter R. Romero
Art Direction
Ted Churchill
Steadicam Operator
Harry Mathias
Steadicam Operator
Alice Tompkins
Script Supervisor
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Geoffrey Kirkland
Production Design
Jim Poynter
Set Decoration
George R. Nelson
Set Decoration
David MacMillan
Production Sound Mixer
Ken Pepiot
Special Effects Supervisor
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Jordan Belson
Visual Effects
Karen Bradley
Makeup Artist
Catherine Childers
Hairstylist
Yvonne Curry
Makeup Artist
Bruce Geller
Hairstylist
Pat Grover
Hairstylist
John Benson
Sound Effects Editor
Mark Berger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jay Boekelheide
Supervising Sound Editor
Todd Boekelheide
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tim Holland
Sound Effects Editor
Pat Jackson
Sound Effects Editor
Thomas Scott
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Karen G. Wilson
Sound Effects Editor
Andy Wiskes
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Hymns
Sound Effects Editor
Susan Roether
Production Secretary