Space Men (2016)
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.
- Released
- 2016-02-09
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Runtime
- 55 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Amanda Pollak
Cast
- Michael Murphy as Narrator
- Burkhard Bilger as Self
- Scott Carpenter as Self (archive footage)
- Francis French as Self
- John Glenn as Self (archive footage)
- Cooper Gordon as Self
- Gus Grissom as Self (archive footage)
- Wally Schirra as Self (archive footage)
- Alan Shepard as Self (archive footage)
- John Paul Stapp as Self (archival footage)
- Dana Kilanowski as Self
- David Simons as Self (archive footage)
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