Race to Space

Together they surprised America and made history.

In the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who will go into space.

Drama Family

Alex D. Linz

(Wilhelm 'Billy' von Huber)

William Atherton

(Ralph Stanton)

James Woods

(Dr. Wilhelm von Huber)

Annabeth Gish

(Dr. Donni McGuinness)

T.J. Beacom

(Ed the Bully)

Austin Schwarz

(Little Kid)

Tony Jay

(Narrator (voice))

Jack McGee

(Fielding)

James Benson

(Gertz)

Janis Benson

(Gerta)

Mark Moses

(Alan Shepard)

Michael Tylo

(Guidance Technician)

Michael Jeffrey Woods

(Dexterity Technician)

Patrick Richwood

(Dieter)

Scott Thompson Baker

(Telemetry Technician)

Wesley Mann

(Rudolph)

William Devane

(Roger Thornhill)

Joanie Fagan

(Mother on Beach)