How the future began.
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.
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Showing 30 of 30 loaded cast members.
as Chuck Yeager
DeceasedBorn: November 5, 1943
Died: July 27, 2017
Age at death: 73
as Alan Shepard
AliveBorn: January 26, 1939
Age: 87
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
as John Glenn
AliveBorn: November 28, 1950
Age: 75
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
as Gordon Cooper
AliveBorn: April 9, 1954
Age: 72
Houston, Texas, USA
as Gus Grissom
DeceasedBorn: December 30, 1942
Died: May 8, 2022
Age at death: 79
as Glennis Yeager
AliveBorn: February 5, 1948
Age: 78
Hollywood, California, USA
as Pancho Barnes
DeceasedBorn: February 11, 1925
Died: August 20, 2001
Age at death: 76
as Betty Grissom
AliveBorn: April 20, 1949
Age: 77
Bristol, England, UK
as Trudy Cooper
AliveBorn: April 2, 1949
Age: 77
Tacoma, Washington, USA
as Deke Slayton
AliveBorn: February 13, 1950
Age: 76
Steubenville, Ohio, USA
as Scott Carpenter
AliveBorn: April 17, 1947
Age: 79
Olympia, Washington, USA
as Wally Schirra
AliveBorn: May 5, 1940
Age: 86
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
as Lyndon B. Johnson
DeceasedBorn: December 26, 1930
Died: December 20, 2018
Age at death: 87
as Jack Ridley / Narrator
DeceasedBorn: May 26, 1940
Died: April 19, 2012
Age at death: 71
as Annie Glenn
AliveBorn: November 25, 1945
Age: 80
Los Angeles, California, USA
as Scott Crossfield
DeceasedBorn: March 29, 1942
Died: October 6, 2018
Age at death: 76
as Louise Shepard
AliveBorn: June 8, 1950
Age: 76
Midland, Texas, USA
as Marge Slayton
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Rene Carpenter
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Jo Schirra
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Minister
DeceasedBorn: November 16, 1922
Died: May 15, 1994
Age at death: 71
as Liaison Man
AliveBorn: May 10, 1943
Age: 83
Waukegan, Illinois, USA
as Air Force Major
DeceasedBorn: February 6, 1940
Died: April 3, 2021
Age at death: 81
as NASA Recruiter
AliveBorn: October 22, 1952
Age: 73
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
as NASA Recruiter
AliveBorn: December 23, 1943
Age: 82
Los Angeles, California, USA
as Chief Scientist
DeceasedBorn: January 13, 1931
Died: February 13, 1996
Age at death: 65
as Nurse Murch
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Gonzales
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Head of Program
DeceasedBorn: July 30, 1936
Died: March 20, 2007
Age at death: 70
as Life Reporter
AliveBorn: January 28, 1942
Age: 84
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