| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alice Tompkins | Crew | Directing | Script Supervisor |
 Bill Conti | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 Buddy Joe Hooker | Crew | Crew | Stunt Coordinator |
 Caleb Deschanel | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Catherine Childers | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist |
Douglas Stewart | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Geoffrey Kirkland | Crew | Art | Production Design |
George R. Nelson | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
Glenn Farr | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Harry Mathias | Crew | Camera | Steadicam Operator |
 Irwin Winkler | Crew | Production | Producer |
James D. Brubaker | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Jim Poynter | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
John Benson | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
 Jordan Belson | Crew | Visual Effects | Visual Effects |
Karen Bradley | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Karen G. Wilson | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
Ken Pepiot | Crew | Visual Effects | Special Effects Supervisor |
 Lisa Fruchtman | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Lynn Stalmaster | Crew | Production | Casting |
Mark Berger | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Pat Jackson | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
 Philip Kaufman | Crew | Directing | Director, Screenplay |
 Randy Thom | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
 Richard Hymns | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
Richard Lawrence | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
 Robert Chartoff | Crew | Production | Producer |
Stephen A. Rotter | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Ted Churchill | Crew | Camera | Steadicam Operator |
Tim Holland | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
Todd Boekelheide | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Tom Rolf | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Tom Wolfe | Crew | Writing | Novel |
W. Stewart Campbell | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
Peter R. Romero | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
Pat Grover | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist |
David MacMillan | Crew | Sound | Production Sound Mixer |
Jay Boekelheide | Crew | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor |
Yvonne Curry | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Bruce Geller | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist |
Thomas Scott | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Andy Wiskes | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Allen Gebhardt | Cast | Actor | Astronaut Trainee |
 Barbara Hershey | Cast | Actress | Glennis Yeager |
 Charles Frank | Cast | Actor | Scott Carpenter |
Christopher P. Beale | Cast | The Permanent Press Corps | |
 Chuck Yeager | Cast | Actor | Fred |
 Darryl Henriques | Cast | Actor | Life Reporter |
 David Clennon | Cast | Actor | Liaison Man |
 David Gulpilil | Cast | Actor | Aborigine |
 Dennis Quaid | Cast | Actor | Gordon Cooper |
 Donald Moffat | Cast | Actor | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Drew Letchworth | Cast | The Permanent Press Corps | |
 Ed Harris | Cast | Actor | John Glenn |
 Edward Anhalt | Cast | Actor | Grand Designer |
 Eric Sevareid | Cast | Himself | |
Erik Bergmann | Cast | Actor | Eddie Hodges |
 Fred Ward | Cast | Actor | Gus Grissom |
 Jeff Goldblum | Cast | Actor | NASA Recruiter |
 Jim Haynie | Cast | Actor | Air Force Major |
 John Dehner | Cast | Actor | Henry Luce |
 John P. Ryan | Cast | Actor | Head of Program |
Kaaren Lee | Cast | Actress | Young Widow |
Katherine Conklin | Cast | Actress | Woman TV Reporter |
 Kathy Baker | Cast | Actress | Louise Shepard |
 Kim Stanley | Cast | Actress | Pancho Barnes |
 Lance Henriksen | Cast | Actor | Wally Schirra |
 Levon Helm | Cast | Actor | Jack Ridley / Narrator |
 Mary Apick | Cast | Woman Reporter | |
 Mary Jo Deschanel | Cast | Actress | Annie Glenn |
Michael Pritchard | Cast | Texan | |
 O-Lan Jones | Cast | Actress | Girl at Pancho's |
 Pamela Reed | Cast | Actress | Trudy Cooper |
Robert Elross | Cast | Review Board President | |
 Royal Dano | Cast | Actor | Minister |
 Sam Shepard | Cast | Actor | Chuck Yeager |
 Scott Beach | Cast | Actor | Chief Scientist |
 Scott Glenn | Cast | Actor | Alan Shepard |
 Scott Paulin | Cast | Actor | Deke Slayton |
 Scott Wilson | Cast | Actor | Scott Crossfield |
 Tom Dahlgren | Cast | Actor | Bell Aircraft Executive |
 Veronica Cartwright | Cast | Actress | Betty Grissom |
 William Russ | Cast | Actor | Slick Goodlin |
 Harry Shearer | Cast | Actor | NASA Recruiter |
 William Hall | Cast | The Permanent Press Corps | |
 Mimi Sarkisian | Cast | Actress | New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited) |
Robert Beer | Cast | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
Drew Eshelman | Cast | Assistant Scientist | |
Ed Holmes | Cast | The Permanent Press Corps | |
Mickey Crocker | Cast | Marge Slayton | |
Susan Kase | Cast | Rene Carpenter | |
Mittie Smith | Cast | Jo Schirra | |
Anthony Munoz | Cast | Gonzales | |
Jack Bruno Tate | Cast | The Permanent Press Corps | |
John X. Heart | Cast | Actor | The Permanent Press Corps |
Peggy Davis | Cast | Sally Rand | |
Jane Dornacker | Cast | Nurse Murch | |
Ed Corbett | Cast | Texan | |
Royce Grones | Cast | 1st X-1 Pilot | |
James Brady | Cast | Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson | |
Frankie Di | Cast | Cocoa Beach Girl | |
Anthony Wallis | Cast | Australian Driver | |
Mark Todd | Cast | Astronaut Trainee | |
Robert J. Geary | Cast | Game Show M.C. | |
John Lion | Cast | Bell Aircraft Executive | |
Richard Dupell | Cast | The Permanent Press Corps | |
Maureen Coyne | Cast | Waitress | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
