USA,
2016, 54 min
Directed by:
Amanda PollakScreenplay:
Amanda PollakCinematography:
Buddy SquiresComposer:
Peter RundquistPlots(1)
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. (PBS)
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