Patrick Fugit Elliot See, partnered with Armstrong as backup crew for Gemini 5. Chosen for command on Gemini 9, See was killed in 1966 when his NASA trainer jet crashed in St. Louis, where he was training for that mission.

Ciarán Hinds Bob Gilruth

Ethan Embry Pete Conrad, Pilot of Gemini 5 and backup commander for Gemini 8.

Shea Whigham Gus Grissom, one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts. He was killed during a pre-launch test for Apollo 1

Pablo Schreiber Jim Lovell, Gemini astronaut and backup commander on Armstrong's Apollo 11 mission.

Lukas Haas Mike Collins

Brian d'Arcy James Joe Walker, Armstrong's fellow X-15 test pilot who became the seventh person in space by taking that plane into space twice.

Cory Michael Smith Roger Chaffee, capsule communicator for the Gemini 3 and Gemini 4 missions

J. D. Evermore

William Gregory Lee

Brady Smith

Christopher Abbott Dave Scott

Olivia Hamilton Pat White, Ed's wife.

Shawn Eric Jones Wally Schirra

Kris Williams

Skyler Bible Richard F. Gordon Jr., astronaut

Gavin Warren Rick Armstrong, Neil Armstrong's son.

Leon Bridges Gil Scott-Heron

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Apollo 13

The Rewatchables · aired August 25, 2026

First Man, Gravity, The Martian and Rocky IV

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