

Overview
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.
Cast
Miss Riley
Homer Hickam
Quentin Wilson
John Hickam
Roy Lee
O'Dell
Elsie Hickam
Ike Bykovsky
Principal Turner
Jim Hickam
Leon Bolden
Dorothy Platt