Space Men

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.

Cast

Michael Murphy

Narrator

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Burkhard Bilger

Self

Scott Carpenter

Self (archive footage)

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Francis French

Self

John Glenn

Self (archive footage)

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Cooper Gordon

Self

Gus Grissom

Self (archive footage)

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Wally Schirra

Self (archive footage)

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Alan Shepard

Self (archive footage)

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John Paul Stapp

Self (archival footage)

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Dana Kilanowski

Self

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David Simons

Self (archive footage)