Cover image for Space men [DVD video]
Title:
Space men [DVD video]
Added Author:
Pollak, Amanda, film director, screenwriter.

Ryan, Craig, 1953- commentator.

Hollings, Ken, commentator.

Bilger, Burkhard, commentator.
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]

©2016
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781627896757
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Title from container.

Documentary.

Running time indicated on container: approx. 60 minutes; program running time: 54 minutes.
Performers:
Narrator, Michael Murphy ; commentators, Ken Hollings, Craig Ryan, Joseph Kittinger, Burkhard Bilger.
Contents:
The fastest man -- Explorers -- Project Manhigh -- Manhigh II -- The right stuff.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC, widescreen presentation; NTSC, Region 1; Dolby 5.1 surround.
Personal Subject:
Kittinger, Joe, 1928-

Simons, David G.

Stapp, John P. (John Paul), 1910-1999.
Corporate Subject:
United States. Air Force -- Officers -- Biography.
Subject Term:
Manned space flight -- Research -- United States -- History.

Space flight -- Physiological effect -- Research -- United States -- History.

Manned space flight -- History.

Aeronautics -- Research -- United States -- History.

Balloonists -- United States -- Biography.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.

Science television programs.

Nonfiction television programs

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Added Corporate Author:
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), production company, publisher.

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.
Added Uniform Title:
American experience (Television program)
Audience:
TV parental guidelines rating: TV-PG (parental guidance suggested; this program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children).
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