Release Date: 2016-02-09
Runtime: 55
Languages: English
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0
Genres: Documentary | History
Director: Amanda Pollak
Description: 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 largel...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 More
Production Companies:
Insignia Films
