The story
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Sam ShepardChuck Yeager
Scott GlennAlan Shepard
Ed HarrisJohn Glenn
Dennis QuaidGordon Cooper
Fred WardGus Grissom
Barbara HersheyGlennis Yeager
Kim StanleyPancho Barnes
Veronica CartwrightBetty Grissom
Pamela ReedTrudy Cooper
Scott PaulinDeke Slayton
Charles FrankScott Carpenter
Lance HenriksenWally SchirraExplore the crew
- Editor
- Glenn Farr
- Producer
- Irwin Winkler
- Editor
- Lisa Fruchtman
- Original Music Composer
- Bill Conti
- Editor
- Tom Rolf
- Director of Photography
- Caleb Deschanel
- Editor
- Stephen A. Rotter
- Editor
- Douglas Stewart
- Producer
- Robert Chartoff
- Screenplay
- Philip Kaufman
- Director
- Philip Kaufman