The Right Stuff

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

Ed 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)