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Moon Shot
- The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings
- By: Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, and others
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975....
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Amazing....until the final three chapters
- By Wayne O'Brien on 19-10-20
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Moon Shot
- The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 07-05-19
- Language: English
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Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975....
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Stealth
- The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
- By: Peter Westwick
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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On a moonless night in 1991, a dozen US aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To the Iraqi air defenses, the planes seemed to come from nowhere. Each aircraft was more than 60 feet in length and with a wingspan of 40 feet, yet its radar footprint was the size of a ball bearing....
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Everyday engineering
- By Andrew M Croall on 02-09-24
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Stealth
- The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 04-05-21
- Language: English
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On a moonless night in 1991, a dozen US aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To the Iraqi air defenses, the planes seemed to come from nowhere. Each aircraft was more than 60 feet in length and with a wingspan of 40 feet, yet its radar footprint was the size of a ball bearing....
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Jet Man
- The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution
- By: Duncan Campbell-Smith
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
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Jet Man is the story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero....
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Fascinating despite issues
- By Nick Anderson on 19-07-21
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Jet Man
- The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 25-03-21
- Language: English
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Jet Man is the story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero....
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Apollo 11
- The Inside Story
- By: David Whitehouse
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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In the most authoritative book ever written about Apollo, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, telling the story in the words of those who took part - based around exclusive interviews with the key players....
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Uninteresting and dull
- By Mark on 25-06-19
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Apollo 11
- The Inside Story
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 11-06-19
- Language: English
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In the most authoritative book ever written about Apollo, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, telling the story in the words of those who took part - based around exclusive interviews with the key players....
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Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story
- Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
- By: David Hitt, Owen Garriott, Joe Kerwin, and others
- Narrated by: Gary L. Willprecht
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
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Homesteading Space, by two of Skylab’s own astronauts and a NASA journalist, tells the dramatic story of America’s first space station from beginning to fiery end....
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Shockingly bad
- By SteekPie on 02-02-21
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Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story
- Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
- Narrated by: Gary L. Willprecht
- Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 10-01-20
- Language: English
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Homesteading Space, by two of Skylab’s own astronauts and a NASA journalist, tells the dramatic story of America’s first space station from beginning to fiery end....
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The Killing Zone, 2nd Edition
- How and Why Pilots Die
- By: Paul A. Craig
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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This survival guide for new pilots identifies the pitfalls waiting inside the killing zone, the period from 50 to 350 flight hours when they leave their instructors behind and fly as pilot in command for the first time....
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A book every GA pilot should read.
- By Eva on 22-01-24
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The Killing Zone, 2nd Edition
- How and Why Pilots Die
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 28-05-19
- Language: English
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This survival guide for new pilots identifies the pitfalls waiting inside the killing zone, the period from 50 to 350 flight hours when they leave their instructors behind and fly as pilot in command for the first time....
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The Red Arrows
- The Story of Britain’s Iconic Display Team
- By: David Montenegro
- Narrated by: Ben Willbond
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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It's now over 50 years since the Red Arrows first took to the skies, transfixing the British public with their astonishing displays of daredevil precision and aerial aerobatics....
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good
- By Shaun on 18-07-24
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The Red Arrows
- The Story of Britain’s Iconic Display Team
- Narrated by: Ben Willbond
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 26-05-22
- Language: English
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It's now over 50 years since the Red Arrows first took to the skies, transfixing the British public with their astonishing displays of daredevil precision and aerial aerobatics....
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Red Moon Rising
- Sputnik and the Hidden Rivals That Ignited the Space Age
- By: Matthew Brzezinski
- Narrated by: Charles Stransky
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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On October 4, 1957, a time of Cold War paranoia, the Soviet Union secretly launched the Earth's first artificial moon....
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Interesting if not groundbreaking
- By Jeeves by another name on 14-07-23
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Red Moon Rising
- Sputnik and the Hidden Rivals That Ignited the Space Age
- Narrated by: Charles Stransky
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 05-09-07
- Language: English
- On October 4, 1957, a time of Cold War paranoia, the Soviet Union secretly launched the Earth's first artificial moon....
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Safely to Earth
- The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home
- By: Jack Clemons
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons - a former lead engineer in support of NASA - takes listeners behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years....
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Not always safely to Earth
- By Senior T lady on 13-07-23
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Safely to Earth
- The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 02-10-18
- Language: English
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In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons - a former lead engineer in support of NASA - takes listeners behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years....
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Out There
- A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (For the Cosmically Curious)
- By: Michael Wall
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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In Out There, Space.com senior writer Dr. Michael Wall treats that question as merely the beginning, touching off a wild ride of exploration into the final frontier. He considers, for instance, the myriad of questions that would arise once we do discover life beyond Earth....
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Out There
- A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (For the Cosmically Curious)
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 13-11-18
- Language: English
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In Out There, Space.com senior writer Dr. Michael Wall treats that question as merely the beginning, touching off a wild ride of exploration into the final frontier. He considers, for instance, the myriad of questions that would arise once we do discover life beyond Earth....
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Dr Space Junk vs The Universe
- Archaeology and the Future
- By: Alice Gorman, Adam Roberts - foreword
- Narrated by: Cat Gould
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Alice Gorman is a space archaeologist: she examines the artifacts of human encounters with space. These objects, left behind on Earth and in space, can be massive (dead satellites in eternal orbit) or tiny (discarded zip ties around a defunct space antenna). They can be bold or hopeful....
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I enjoyed the wide ranging topics
- By Rosemary on 23-10-22
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Dr Space Junk vs The Universe
- Archaeology and the Future
- Narrated by: Cat Gould
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 22-10-19
- Language: English
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Alice Gorman is a space archaeologist: she examines the artifacts of human encounters with space. These objects, left behind on Earth and in space, can be massive (dead satellites in eternal orbit) or tiny (discarded zip ties around a defunct space antenna). They can be bold or hopeful....
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The Right Kind of Crazy
- A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
- By: Adam Steltzner, William Patrick
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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The true story of how an unlikely leader helped inspire a team of rocket scientists to achieve the near impossible: landing a 2000-pound rover on Mars....
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A true feast for curious minds!
- By T. Miklas on 26-05-20
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The Right Kind of Crazy
- A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 12-01-16
- Language: English
- The true story of how an unlikely leader helped inspire a team of rocket scientists to achieve the near impossible: landing a 2000-pound rover on Mars....
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Chasing New Horizons
- Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
- By: Alan Stern, David Grinspoon
- Narrated by: Alan Stern, David Grinspoon
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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On July 14, 2015, something amazing happened. More than three billion miles from Earth, a small NASA spacecraft called New Horizons screamed past Pluto....
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Really made me feel the action
- By Ash on 20-08-21
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Chasing New Horizons
- Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
- Narrated by: Alan Stern, David Grinspoon
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-05-18
- Language: English
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On July 14, 2015, something amazing happened. More than three billion miles from Earth, a small NASA spacecraft called New Horizons screamed past Pluto....
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Cosmic Kiss (German edition)
- Sechs Monate auf der ISS - Eine Liebeserklärung an den Weltraum
- By: Matthias Maurer, Sarah Konrad
- Narrated by: Mark Bremer
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
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Die Faszination unendlicher Weiten: Astronaut Matthias Maurer hat sie erlebt. In seiner Autobiografie erzählt er von seiner spektakulären Mission zur...
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Cosmic Kiss (German edition)
- Sechs Monate auf der ISS - Eine Liebeserklärung an den Weltraum
- Narrated by: Mark Bremer
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 02-10-23
- Language: German
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Die Faszination unendlicher Weiten: Astronaut Matthias Maurer hat sie erlebt. In seiner Autobiografie erzählt er von seiner spektakulären Mission zur...
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Beyond
- Our Future in Space
- By: Chris Impey
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space - and then reminds us that we're already there....
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Beyond
- Our Future in Space
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 26-05-15
- Language: English
- Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space - and then reminds us that we're already there....
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Thirteen
- The Apollo Flight that Failed
- By: Henry S. F. Cooper Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher David
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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On the evening of April 13, 1970, just hours from the third lunar landing in history, an explosion badly damaged the Apollo 13. Thirteen is the shocking and miraculous true story of how the astronauts and ground crew guided Apollo 13 back to Earth....
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Thirteen
- The Apollo Flight that Failed
- Narrated by: Christopher David
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 15-04-21
- Language: English
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On the evening of April 13, 1970, just hours from the third lunar landing in history, an explosion badly damaged the Apollo 13. Thirteen is the shocking and miraculous true story of how the astronauts and ground crew guided Apollo 13 back to Earth....
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Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8
- The First Manned Mission to Another World
- By: Robert Zimmerman
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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It was Christmas Eve 1968. And the astronauts of Apollo 8 - Commander Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders - were participants in a mission that took them faster (24,000 mph) and farther from the Earth (240,000 miles) than any human had ever traveled....
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Brilliant.
- By Craig on 03-07-19
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Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8
- The First Manned Mission to Another World
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-07-18
- Language: English
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It was Christmas Eve 1968. And the astronauts of Apollo 8 - Commander Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders - were participants in a mission that took them faster (24,000 mph) and farther from the Earth (240,000 miles) than any human had ever traveled....
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The Sky Below
- A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed
- By: Scott Parazynski, Susy Flory
- Narrated by: Scott Parazynski, Homer Hickam
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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An epic memoir from a man whose life is defined by exploration and innovation....
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Truly Inspirational
- By Marco Johnson on 11-05-18
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The Sky Below
- A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed
- Narrated by: Scott Parazynski, Homer Hickam
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 01-08-17
- Language: English
- An epic memoir from a man whose life is defined by exploration and innovation....
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Breaking the Chains of Gravity
- The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA
- By: Amy Shira Teitel
- Narrated by: Amy Shira Teitel
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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NASA’s history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America’s space agency wasn’t created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts....
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Breaking the Chains of Gravity
- The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA
- Narrated by: Amy Shira Teitel
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 23-10-22
- Language: English
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NASA’s history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America’s space agency wasn’t created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts....
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Digital Apollo
- Human and Machine in Spaceflight
- By: David A. Mindell
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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Digital Apollo examines the design and execution of each of the six Apollo moon landings, drawing on transcripts and data telemetry from the flights, astronaut interviews, and NASA's extensive archives....
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Fascinating insight- painful listening experience
- By Spice on 23-01-20
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Digital Apollo
- Human and Machine in Spaceflight
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 19-03-19
- Language: English
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Digital Apollo examines the design and execution of each of the six Apollo moon landings, drawing on transcripts and data telemetry from the flights, astronaut interviews, and NASA's extensive archives....
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