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Space Men (2016)

NR | Feb 09, 2016 (US) | Documentary, History | 00:55

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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Michael Murphy
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Scott Carpenter
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John Glenn
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Gus Grissom
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Wally Schirra
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Alan Shepard
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John Paul Stapp
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