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American Experience - Space Men

Seizoen: 28 - Aflevering: 5 / 380 - Eerst uitgezonden: 01 maart 2016 - Episode ID: 1307097

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.