37 Season
396 Episode
American Experience - Season 28 Episode 5 Space Men
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.
- Year : 2024
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : PBS
- Keyword : biography, usa history, current affairs
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