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.
$27,000,000
$21,500,000
October 20, 1983
The Ladd Company, Winkler Films
66 people
Sam Shepard
Chuck Yeager
Acting
Scott Glenn
Alan Shepard
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Ed Harris
John Glenn
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Dennis Quaid
Gordon Cooper
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Fred Ward
Gus Grissom
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Barbara Hershey
Glennis Yeager
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Kim Stanley
Pancho Barnes
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Veronica Cartwright
Betty Grissom
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Pamela Reed
Trudy Cooper
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Scott Paulin
Deke Slayton
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Charles Frank
Scott Carpenter
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Lance Henriksen
Wally Schirra
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