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"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.
18 Cast Members
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
