The true story of the first Americans in space.
The story of America's first astronauts, known as the Mercury 7, told through archival news & radio reports, newly transferred & previously unheard NASA mission audio recordings, and more rare & unseen material.
Tom Jennings
Director

Tom Wolfe
Self (archive footage)

John Glenn
Self (archive footage)
Frank McGee
Self (archive footage)
Ralph Renick
Self (archive footage)
Virgil Gus Grissom
Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Alan Shepard
Self (archive footage)
Rene Carpenter
Self (archive footage)
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Finding Vivian Maier75%
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