Capt/Col. Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot

Sam Shepard

Alan Shepard

Scott Glenn

Maj. John Herschel Glenn Jr., Mercury Astronaut

Ed Harris

Gordon Cooper

Dennis Quaid

Gus Grissom

Fred Ward

Pancho Barnes

Kim Stanley

Glennis Yeager

Barbara Hershey

Trudy Cooper

Pamela Reed

Betty Grissom

Veronica Cartwright

Scott Carpenter

Charles Frank

The Right Stuff

Jane Dornacker

Louise Shepard

Kathy Baker

Deke Slayton

Scott Paulin

Wally Schirra

Lance Henriksen

Lyndon B. Johnson

Donald Moffat

Jack Ridley / Narrator

Levon Helm

Annie Glenn

Mary Jo Deschanel

Scott Crossfield

Scott Wilson

Marge Slayton

Mickey Crocker

Rene Carpenter

Susan Kase

Jo Schirra

Mittie Smith

Minister

Royal Dano

Liaison Man

David Clennon

Air Force Major

Jim Haynie

NASA Recruiter

Jeff Goldblum

NASA Recruiter

Harry Shearer

Chief Scientist

Scott Beach

Gonzales

Anthony Munoz

Head of Program

John P. Ryan

Life Reporter

Darryl Henriques

Himself

Eric Sevareid

Slick Goodlin

William Russ

The Permanent Press Corps

Drew Letchworth

Grand Designer

Edward Anhalt

Woman Reporter

Mary Apick

The Permanent Press Corps

Christopher P. Beale

The Permanent Press Corps

Richard Dupell

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Robert Beer

Eddie Hodges

Erik Bergmann

The Permanent Press Corps

William Hall

Waitress

Maureen Coyne

The Permanent Press Corps

John X. Heart

Sally Rand

Peggy David

The Permanent Press Corps

Ed Holmes

The Permanent Press Corps

Jack Bruno Tate

Henry Luce

John Dehner

Review Board President

Bob Elross

Game Show M.C.

Robert J. Geary

Aborigine

David Gulpilil

Australian Driver

Anthony Wallace

Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson

James Brady

Young Widow

Kaaren Lee

Woman TV Rerporter

Katherine Conklin

Fred

Chuck Yeager

The Permanent Press Corps

Christopher Beale

Bell Aircraft Executive

Tom Dahlgren

Bell Aircraft Executive

John Lion

Sally Rand

Peggy Davis

Review Board President

Robert Elross

Assistant Scientist

Drew Eshelman

Lynn Stalmaster

1st X-1 Pilot

Royce Grones

The Permanent Press Corp

Richard Duppell

Australian Driver

Anthony Wallis

Cocoa Beach Girl

Sandy Kronemeyer

Cocoa Beach Girl

Frankie Di

Texan

Michael Pritchard

Texan

Edward Corbett

Girl at Pancho's

O-Lan Jones

Texan

Ed Corbett

Astronaut Trainee

Mark Todd

Astronaut Trainee

Allen Gebhardt

New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)

Mimi Sarkisian