Space Men

Space Men — Plot

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.

• Release date
• February 9, 2016
• Runtime
• 55 min
• Genres
• Documentary, History
• Director
• Amanda Pollak

Space Men — Cast

Michael Murphy Narrator

B

Burkhard Bilger Self Scott Carpenter Self (archive footage)

F

Francis French Self John Glenn Self (archive footage)

C

Cooper Gordon Self Gus Grissom Self (archive footage)

W

Wally Schirra Self (archive footage)