Space Men
February 9, 2016
55m
Overview
In the 1950s and early '60s, a small band of high-altitude pioneers exposed themselves to the extreme forces of the space age long before NASA's acclaimed Mercury 7 would make headlines. Though largely forgotten today, balloonists were the first to venture into the frozen near-vacuum on the edge of our world, exploring the very limits of human physiology and human ingenuity in this lethal realm.
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Michael Murphy
NarratorBurkhard Bilger
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Scott Carpenter
Self (archive footage)Francis French
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John Glenn
Self (archive footage)Cooper Gordon
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Gus Grissom
Self (archive footage)Wally Schirra
Self (archive footage)Alan Shepard
Self (archive footage)John Paul Stapp
Self (archival footage)Dana Kilanowski
SelfDavid Simons
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