Film

Space Men

2016 · 55m · Documentary · History

IMDb

7.8

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.

Michael Murphy

Narrator

Burkhard Bilger

Self

Scott Carpenter

Self (archive footage)

Francis French

Self

John Glenn

Self (archive footage)

Cooper Gordon

Self

Gus Grissom

Self (archive footage)

Wally Schirra

Self (archive footage)

Alan Shepard

Self (archive footage)

John Paul Stapp

Self (archival footage)

Dana Kilanowski

Self

David Simons

Self (archive footage)

• Amanda PollakDirector · Writer · Producer
• Molly JacobsProducer
• Stephen IvesProducer
• Glenn FukushimaEditor
• Don KleszyEditor

Release date

February 9, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

55m

Rated

PG

Genres

Documentary, History

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