Race to Space 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. Details Casts Posters Title Race to Space Release Date 2001-10-31 Runtime 01 Hours 44 Minutes Genres Drama Family Production Companies Brookwell-McNamara Entertainment Production Countries 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... Original Size (1200x1800) Original Size (500x750) Original Size (1333x2000) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (997x1438) Original Size (500x750)