Space men, an Insignia Films production for American experience ; American Experience Films, PBS ; produced by Amanda Pollak, Stephen Ives ; written and directed by Amada Pollak
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Label
Space men, an Insignia Films production for American experience ; American Experience Films, PBS ; produced by Amanda Pollak, Stephen Ives ; written and directed by Amada Pollak
Language
eng
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videorecording
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TV parental guidelines rating: TV-PG (parental guidance suggested; this program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children)
Main title
Space men
Oclc number
944199590
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Originally broadcast as a single episode of the television program American Experience Mar. 1, 2016
Responsibility statement
an Insignia Films production for American experience ; American Experience Films, PBS ; produced by Amanda Pollak, Stephen Ives ; written and directed by Amada Pollak
Runtime
54
Series statement
WGBY DVD Collection
Summary
On an August morning in 1960, Air Force Captain Joseph Kittinger stepped out of a helium balloon twenty miles above Earth, hurtling down at over 400 miles per hour. The little-known story of the men whose scientific experiments laid critical groundwork for NASA's manned space program, a decade before President Kennedy committed the nation to sending a man to the moon
Table Of Contents
The fastest man -- Explorers -- Project Manhigh -- Manhigh II -- The right stuff
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live action
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- Television programs -- United States
- Simons, David G
- Kittinger, Joe, 1928-
- Space flight + Physiological effect + Research -- United States -- History
- Documentary television programs
- Manned space flight + History
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Science television programs
- Stapp, John P., John Paul, 1910-1999
- Balloonists -- United States -- Biography
- Aeronautics + Research -- United States -- History
- DVD-Video discs
- Manned space flight + Research -- United States -- History
- Nonfiction television programs
- DVD-Video discs -- Documentary
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- Simons, David G
- Kittinger, Joe, 1928-
- Space flight + Physiological effect + Research -- United States -- History
- Documentary television programs
- Manned space flight + History
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Science television programs
- Stapp, John P., John Paul, 1910-1999
- Balloonists -- United States -- Biography
- Aeronautics + Research -- United States -- History
- DVD-Video discs
- Manned space flight + Research -- United States -- History
- Nonfiction television programs
- DVD-Video discs -- Documentary
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