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

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

Robert Wagner Robert John Wagner Jr. (born February 10, 1930) is an American actor of stage, screen, and television. He is known for starring in the television shows '' It Takes a Thief'' (1968–1970), ''Switch'' (1975–1978), and ''Hart to Hart'' (1979– ...

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, and

Ryan Merriman Ryan Earl Merriman (born April 10, 1983) is an American actor. He began his career at the age of ten and has appeared in several feature films and television shows. He is best known for a handful of Disney Channel original movies and for portra ...

. ''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 Danielle Christine Fishel (born May 5, 1981) is an American actress, director, model, and television personality. She began her career in theater, appearing in community productions of ''The Wizard of Oz'' and ''Peter Pan''. She made her debut ...

as Sarah Miller *

John Finn John Joseph Finn (born September 30, 1952) is an American character actor known as one of the leads of the television programs ''Cold Case'' and ''EZ Streets''. Finn has also had supporting roles in the films '' The Hunted'' (2003), ''Analyze Th ...

as Wyatt Claybourne * Duane A. Lamb as himself (Col Lamb) *

Sarah Lancaster Sarah Lancaster (born February 12, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for her long-running roles as Rachel Meyers in the NBC series '' Saved by the Bell: The New Class'' and Ellie Bartowski in the NBC comedy-spy series ''Chuck'', as w ...

as Carol *

Clayton Landey Clayton Landey is an American actor who has appeared in films and television shows. He played James Westmont in the TV series '' Knots Landing'' from 1982-1983. He has been a professional performer, mime, actor, director, producer, writer and te ...

as Colonel Vincenze * Cory Pendergast as Jason Jones *

Joel Polis Joel Polis (born October 3, 1951) is an American television, film and stage actor. Polis has appeared in over one hundred television programs and films during his career. Career Polis' first film role was the character Fuchs in the 1982 scienc ...

as Colonel Mitchell * Taryn Reif as Jen Karsten *

Bill Timoney Bill Timoney (born March 5, 1958) is an American actor, director, script writer and producer. Career Perhaps the best known of Timoney's roles on television is the character of Alfred Vanderpool on ''All My Children.'' The musical team Boyz II Me ...

as Pete Baker * Brandon Tyler as Vic Henry *

Matt Winston Matthew Winston is an American actor. He is the son of special effects artist Stan Winston. Career Winston's television appearances include the HBO dramas '' Six Feet Under'' and '' John from Cincinnati'', and as Crewman Daniels in '' Star T ...

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 the fourth person to walk on the Moon. He was selected to become an astron ...

as Himself *

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

as Himself

References

External links

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