Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky.
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
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as Homer Hickam
AliveBorn: December 19, 1980
Age: 45
Los Angeles, California, USA
as John Hickam
AliveBorn: July 9, 1951
Age: 75
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
as Quentin Wilson
AliveBorn: September 25, 1980
Age: 45
Michigan, USA
as Miss Riley
AliveBorn: February 10, 1967
Age: 59
Los Angeles, California, USA
as Roy Lee
AliveBorn: July 6, 1973
Age: 53
Hudson, New York, U.S.
as O'Dell
AliveBorn: November 1, 1976
Age: 49
Mount Vernon, Washington, USA
as Elsie Hickam
AliveBorn: March 9, 1962
Age: 64
Russellville, Arkansas, USA
as Ike Bykovsky
AliveBorn: August 11, 1950
Age: 76
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
as Principal Turner
AliveBorn: April 14, 1956
Age: 70
Dallas, Texas, USA
as Jim Hickam
AliveBorn: April 6, 1976
Age: 50
Bristol, Tennessee, USA
as Leon Bolden
DeceasedBorn: May 13, 1948
Died: April 16, 2020
Age at death: 71
as Dorothy Platt
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Jake Mosby
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as Mr. Dantzler
DeceasedBorn: April 7, 1944
Died: June 27, 2017
Age at death: 73
as Valentine Carmina
AliveBorn: March 31, 1977
Age: 49
Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
as Coach Gainer
DeceasedBorn: October 29, 1935
Died: July 14, 2023
Age at death: 87
as Jensen
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as Lenny
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as Trooper One
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as Kid
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as Neighbor
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as Neighbor
AliveBorn: October 31, 1955
Age: 70
Manchester, Tennessee
as Neighbor
DeceasedDied: November 30, 2023
Birth date not on record.
as Anderson
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as Roper
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as Basil Thorpe
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as Corvette Guy
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as Corvette Girl
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as Vernon
AliveBorn: June 9, 1953
Age: 73
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
as Reverend
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