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