BLAST! (2008)

With extraordinary access, BLAST exposes a world of risky, hardcore, scientific adventure. The story follows an international team of astrophysicists trying to launch a multi-million dollar telescope on a NASA high-altitude balloon. Their journey to discover thousands of early galaxies takes them from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Revealing frustrations, inevitable failures and ultimate triumph, BLAST puts a human face on the quest to answer our most basic question - How did we get here?

Released April 22, 2008 78 min 7+

Genres: Adventure, Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.physics, tmdb.balloon, tmdb.antarctica, mdblist.fresh, imdb.outer-space, imdb.astrophysicist, imdb.telescope + 21 more, imdb.nasa, imdb.balloon, imdb.musk-ox, imdb.canadian-flag, imdb.inuit, imdb.balloon-release, imdb.waiting, imdb.infrared-telescope, imdb.star-formation, imdb.helium-balloon, imdb.cherry-picker, imdb.experiment, imdb.education, imdb.astrophysics, imdb.travel, imdb.science, imdb.physics, imdb.cosmology, imdb.astronomy, imdb.antarctica, aspectratio.1-78-1