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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Michael MurphyNarrator
Scott CarpenterSelf (archive footage)
John GlennSelf (archive footage)
Gus GrissomSelf (archive footage)Explore the crew
- Producer
- Molly Jacobs
- Director
- Amanda Pollak
- Writer
- Amanda Pollak
- Producer
- Amanda Pollak
- Producer
- Stephen Ives
- Editor
- Glenn Fukushima
- Editor
- Don Kleszy