''Rocket's Red Glare'' is an American

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that originally aired on Fox Family on August 27, 2000. The film stars

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, and

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. ''Rocket's Red Glare'' was originally titled ''Mercury Project''.

Premise

Teenager Todd Baker (Merriman) and his former

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grandfather Gus (Wagner) team up to rebuild a Mercury Redstone Rocket for Todd's school project.

Cast

as Gus Baker *

as Todd Baker *

as Meg Baker * Fred Coffin as Mitch Greer * Danielle Fishel as Sarah Miller * John Finn as Wyatt Claybourne * Duane A. Lamb as himself (Col Lamb) * Sarah Lancaster as Carol * Clayton Landey as Colonel Vincenze * Cory Pendergast as Jason Jones * Joel Polis as Colonel Mitchell * Taryn Reif as Jen Karsten *

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as Pete Baker * Brandon Tyler as Vic Henry * Matt Winston as Mr. Lake *

Alan Bean Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, NASA astronaut and painter. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Grou ...

as Himself *

Gordon Cooper Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force Aviator, pilot, and the youngest of the Mercury Seven, seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the f ...

as Himself * Kris Barcomb as LT Barcomb

References

External links

* 2000 films 2000s adventure films ABC Family original films Films shot in California American space adventure films American adventure television films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language adventure films {{US-tv-film-stub