As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as "human computers", we follow these women as they quickly rose the ranks of NASA alongside many of history's greatest minds specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and guaranteeing his safe return. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes. Written by 20th Century Fox
Taraji P. Henson | Katherine G. Johnson |
Janelle MonĂ¡e | Mary Jackson |
Octavia Spencer | Dorothy Vaughan |
Kirsten Dunst | Vivian Mitchell |
Kevin Costner | Al Harrison |
Jim Parsons | Paul Stafford |
Mahershala Ali | Colonel Jim Johnson |
Aldis Hodge | Levi Jackson |
Glen Powell | John Glenn |
Kimberly Quinn | Ruth |
Olek Krupa | Karl Zielinski |
Kurt Krause | Sam Turner |
Ken Strunk | Jim Webb |
Lidya Jewett | Young Katherine Coleman |
Donna Biscoe | Mrs. Joylette Coleman |
Ariana Neal | Joylette Johnson |
Saniyya Sidney | Constance Johnson |
Zani Jones Mbayise | Kathy Johnson |
Tre Stokes | Levi Jr. |
Selah Kimbro Jones | Carolyn Marie Jackson |
Corey Mendell Parker | Howard Vaughan |
Ashton Tyler | Leonard Vaughan |
Alkoya Brunson | Kenneth Vaughn |
Karan Kendrick | Younger Joylette Coleman |
Jaiden Kaine | Joshua Coleman |
Gregory Alan Williams | Marison Smithson |
Maria Howell | Ms. Sumner |
Arnell Powell | Professor Graves |
Ron Clinton Smith | White Cop |
Crystal Lee Brown | Bernie |
Tequilla Whitfield | Eleanor |
Dane Davenport | Alan Shepard |
Evan Holtzman | Deke Slayton |
Travis Smith | Scott Carpenter |
Scott Michael Morgan | Bill Calhoun |
Chris Cavalier | IBM Technician |
Robert G. McKay | Pastor Ayres |
Frank Hoyt Taylor | Judge |