Cast 23

1. 

   Buzz Aldrin

   Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 11 (archive footage)

2. Bill Anders

   Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage)

3. 

   Neil Armstrong

   Self - Commander, Apollo 11 (archive footage)

4. 

   Frank Borman

   Self - Commander, Apollo 8 (voice) (archive footage)

5. 

   Walter Cronkite

   Self - CBS News (archive footage)

6. Betty Grissom

   Self - Wife of Gus Grissom (archive footage)

7. 

   Jim Lovell

   Self - Command Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage)

8. 

   Walt Disney

   Self (archive footage)

9. 

   Ward Kimball

   Self - Disney Animator (archive footage)

10. 

    Wernher von Braun

    Self - Rocket Scientist, NASA (archive footage)

11. Joseph Sheahan

    Self - NASA (archive footage)

12. 

    James Burke

    Self - BBC (archive footage) (archive sound)

13. Glynn Lunney

    Self - NASA Flight Director (archive footage)

14. John Glenn

    Self - Mercury Astronaut (archive footage)

15. Gus Grissom

    elf - Apollo Astronaut (archive footage)

16. 

    Gordon Cooper

    Self (archive footage)

17. Wally Schirra

    Self (archive footage)

18. 

    Edward H. White II

    Self (archive footage)

19. 

    Roger B. Chaffee

    Self - Apollo 1 Astronaut (archive footage)

20. Jerry Park

    Self - WFAA, Dallas (archive footage)

21. Bill Ryan

    Self - NBC News (archive footage)

22. Jim Hartz

    Self - NBC News (archive footage)

23. 

    John F. Kennedy

    Self (archive footage)

Crew 5