Rocket's Red Glare

For similarly named articles, see Rockets' Red Glare (disambiguation).

Rocket's Red Glare is an American television film that originally aired on Fox Family on August 27, 2000. The film stars Robert Wagner, Marilu Henner, and Ryan Merriman. Rocket's Red Glare was originally titled Mercury Project.^{[citation needed]}

Rocket's Red Glare
Written by	Chris Bremble
Story by	John Palmer
Directed by	Chris Bremble
Starring	Robert Wagner Marilu Henner Ryan Merriman
Theme music composer	Lior Rosner
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Mike Elliott
Cinematography	Jacques Haitkin
Original release
Network	Fox Family
Release	August 27, 2000 (2000-08-27)

Premise

Teenager Todd Baker (Merriman) and his former astronaut grandfather Gus (Wagner) team up to rebuild a Mercury Redstone Rocket for Todd's school project.

Cast

• Robert Wagner as Gus Baker
• Ryan Merriman as Todd Baker
• Marilu Henner 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
• Bill Timoney as Pete Baker
• Brandon Tyler as Vic Henry
• Matt Winston as Mr. Lake
• Alan Bean as Himself
• Gordon Cooper as Himself
• Kris Barcomb as LT Barcomb