Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.


Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky.
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Laura Dern
Miss Riley

Jake Gyllenhaal
Homer Hickam

Chris Owen
Quentin Wilson

Chris Cooper
John Hickam

William Lee Scott
Roy Lee

Chad Lindberg
O'Dell

Natalie Canerday
Elsie Hickam

Ilya Baskin
Ike Bykovsky

Chris Ellis
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