Space Men Poster

Space Men

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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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Amanda Pollak
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Amanda Pollak
Writer
Amanda Pollak
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Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy
Narrator
Scott Carpenter
Scott Carpenter
Self (archive footage)
John Glenn
John Glenn
Self (archive footage)

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