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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
- Narrated by: Chris Hadfield
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Publisher's summary
As Commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield captivated the world with stunning photos and commentary from space. Now, reading from his first book, Chris takes listeners deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible.
Chris Hadfield decided to become an astronaut after watching the Apollo moon landing with his family on Stag Island, Ontario, when he was nine years old, and it was impossible for Canadians to be astronauts. In 2013, he served as Commander of the International Space Station orbiting the Earth during a five-month mission. Fulfilling this lifelong dream required intense focus, natural ability and a singular commitment to "thinking like an astronaut."
In An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Chris gives us a rare insider's perspective on just what that kind of thinking involves, and how earthbound humans can use it to achieve success and happiness in their lives.
Astronaut training turns popular wisdom about how to be successful on its head. Instead of visualizing victory, astronauts prepare for the worst; always sweat the small stuff; and do care what others think. Chris shows how this unique education comes into play with dramatic anecdotes about going blind during a spacewalk, getting rid of a live snake while piloting a plane, and docking with space station Mir when laser tracking systems fail at the critical moment. Along the way, he shares exhilarating experiences, and challenges, from his 144 days on the ISS, and provides an unforgettable answer to his most-asked question: What's it really like in outer space?
With humour, humility and a profound optimism for the future of space exploration, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth offers listeners not just the inspiring story of one man's journey to the ISS, but the opportunity to step into his space-boots and think like an astronaut - and renew their commitment to pursuing their own dreams, big or small.
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Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program
- By: Pat Duggins
- Narrated by: Pat Duggins
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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Journalist Pat Duggins, National Public Radio's resident "space expert", chronicles the planning stages of the Space Shuttle program in the early 1970s, the thrill of the first flight in 1981, construction of the International Space Station in the 1990s, and the decision in the early 2000s to shut the program down.
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End of the Shuttle
- By Jean on 09-25-14
By: Pat Duggins
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The Right Stuff
- By: Tom Wolfe
- Narrated by: Dennis Quaid
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
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Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure: namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers that made The Right Stuff a classic.
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Righteous Book, Righteous Narrator, Righteous MEN!
- By Gillian on 02-08-18
By: Tom Wolfe
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Into the Black
- The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her
- By: Rowland White, Richard Truly
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
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Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dramatic untold story of the Columbia mission and the brave people who dedicated themselves to help the United States succeed in the age of space exploration. On April 12, 1981, NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral. It was the most advanced, state-of-the-art flying machine ever built, challenging the minds and imagination of America's top engineers and pilots.
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Great Story About a Flawed Spacecraft
- By John on 12-04-16
By: Rowland White, and others
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First Man
- The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
- By: James R. Hansen
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
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When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon’s surface in 1969, the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First Man, author James R. Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over 50 hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive access to private documents and family sources, this "magnificent panorama of the second half of the American twentieth century" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) is an unparalleled biography of an American icon.
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Not really 'unabridged'
- By A Reader on 06-06-18
By: James R. Hansen
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In the Shadow of the Moon
- A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969
- By: Francis French, Colin Burgess
- Narrated by: Gary L. Willprecht
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
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In the Shadow of the Moon tells the story of the most exciting and challenging years in spaceflight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. Drawing on interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts, their families, technicians, and scientists, as well as rarely seen Soviet and American government documents, the authors craft a remarkable story of the golden age of spaceflight as both an intimate human experience and a rollicking global adventure.
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Interesting book for space afficionados
- By Leslie F. on 04-21-16
By: Francis French, and others
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Seveneves
- A Novel
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal, Will Damron
- Length: 31 hrs and 55 mins
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A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.
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Odd narrator choice
- By Josh Mitchell on 05-30-15
By: Neal Stephenson
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Station Breaker
- Station Breaker Series, Book 1
- By: Andrew Mayne
- Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
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Astronaut David Dixon's first mission to space goes horribly awry when a gunfight breaks out on a Russian space station. He finds himself making an emergency landing from orbit and becomes the most wanted man on Earth. Desperate to unravel the plot he's found himself in, he takes his pursuers on a wild chase from space to the backstreets of Rio and beyond. Dixon's survival relies on his skills as a pilot and willingness to do whatever it takes.
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Good story, but frustrating
- By Fred G on 12-21-17
By: Andrew Mayne
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Come Up and Get Me
- An Autobiography of Colonel Joe Kittinger
- By: Joe Kittinger, Craig Ryan
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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A few years after his release from a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp, in 1973, Colonel Joseph Kittinger retired from the Air Force. Restless and unchallenged, he turned to ballooning, a lifelong passion as well as a constant diversion for his imagination during his imprisonment. His primary goal was a solitary circumnavigation of the globe, and in its pursuit he set several ballooning distance records, including the first solo crossing of the Atlantic in 1984. But the aeronautical feats that first made him an American hero had occurred a quarter of a century earlier....
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A rewarding read
- By Andrew Braddick on 03-25-13
By: Joe Kittinger, and others
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SR-71, the Blackbird, Q&A
- By: Terry Pappas
- Narrated by: Chris Abell
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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Higher, farther, faster - what every real aviator aspires to. The SR-71 was the epitome of this dream for three decades. The only way to beat the SR-71 was to rocket into space, and every astronaut in the office with me in the 1960s would have loved to have flown the Blackbird. In many ways it placed greater demand on piloting proficiency than any spacecraft.
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Great in sight on life and times of Blackbird crew
- By J Bo on 11-11-15
By: Terry Pappas
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Inside Marine One
- Four U.S. Presidents, One Proud Marine, and the World's Most Amazing Helicopter
- By: Lee Kelley, Ray L'Heureux
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Inside Marine One is Colonel L'Heureux's inspiring story of a young man who dreamed of flying, trained, studied, and worked hard to become the pilot who ended up serving four US Presidents - George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. It's also a personal guided tour inside the world's most famous helicopter by a man who knows that flying machine better than any other. Inside Marine One is a great American success story of a young boy who dreamed big, worked hard, and finally flew the President of the United States as his number one passenger.
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A great book
- By John A. on 01-05-23
By: Lee Kelley, and others
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Marsbound
- By: Joe Haldeman
- Narrated by: Liza Kaplan
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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Young Carmen Dula and her family are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime - they're going to Mars. Once on the Red Planet, however, Carmen realizes things are not so different from Earth. There are chores to do, lessons to learn, and oppressive authority figures to rebel against.
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Meh.
- By Wes Parker on 03-19-09
By: Joe Haldeman
What listeners say about An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
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- Robert
- 02-20-16
Wonderful story!
Wonderful story by one of Canada's national heroes! Loads of incredible wisdom about living a great life, shared in an amusing, humble, and memorable way. A must read (or listen).
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- bob
- 11-04-13
the title say it. useful lessons from space.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
great read for all of those who never made it to space and people working in intense situations. useful lessons from "the man" on why he became so successful. resonated with me a lot. book makes you wish you could be stuck beside chris on a plane stuck on tarmac or intense situation. you'll want to listen to this over and over.
What about Chris Hadfield’s performance did you like?
great read. really good voice.
What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?
always be prepared. luck favours the prepared.
enjoy the journey and even if you don't achieve a goal, you had a helluva time getting to where u are.
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give this book to your kid. very inspiring read.
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- DIANE
- 05-12-14
Fascinating account
If you could sum up An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth in three words, what would they be?
Quite a story
Who was your favorite character and why?
There were no characters in this story. It is an account of Chris Hadfield's experiences as he went from dreaming of being an astronaut at age 9, to actually being one.
What does Chris Hadfield bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I enjoyed hearing his story in his own voice. The story could not have rung as clear if narrated by someone else.
What did you learn from An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth that you would use in your daily life?
I learned so many lessons. Chris taught us to learn preparedness, not get full of ourselves, find solutions to problems and many other valuable lessons. I found it bittersweet that by fulfilling his dream, he had to create distance between himself and those he loved. That must have been extremely difficult and heart-wrenching. But kudos to Chris for following his dreams and his heart. Many of us do not have the courage to do this.
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This was a very enjoyable book though it really did not have any ups or downs... just steady.
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- Victor
- 07-30-17
Excellent mix of space and life advice
He speaks of almost all aspects of the life of an astronaut on earth and in space. Excellent read for someone who is curious about the ins and outs of space travel!
Additionally, almost all stories are accompanied by what he learnt about himself and how to better perceive the world to make life the best it can be were very interesting!
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- Tammy
- 02-10-14
Not at all what you would think
Would you consider the audio edition of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth to be better than the print version?
Of course!! It was narrated by Chris!!!
What other book might you compare An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth to and why?
It's a book all on its own
Which character – as performed by Chris Hadfield – was your favorite?
Not applicable
What did you learn from An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth that you would use in your daily life?
Chris actually made me rethink how I can handle difficult situations and keep my cool. This is a great book for leadership.
Any additional comments?
This is an easy listen. Chris does not get too scientific and keeps it simple. The stories he tells about all his different challenges and struggles are so inspiring. This is a must listen.
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- Kris
- 10-31-18
Fantastically narrated, emotional journey
Chris provides an insightful look into the space industry and shares a great deal about his personal journey. loved the book, Chris thanks for everything.
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- Sean Murphy
- 04-08-16
A true aspiring tale
I dream to aspire to the great humbleness of one of the most interesting men in the world. I am even more proud now then I have ever been to be a Canadian, developer, and innovator.
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- Amalia
- 01-18-17
life changing
such a great way to see life on earth, great points of view, and amazing info on the space program I knew very little of. Such a fun read, I cried, I laughed, it became a part of me
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- Kass
- 08-29-16
Amazing
What a story. What a life. What a great man, father and husband. I highly highly recommend this book!!!!
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- Hugh
- 02-07-17
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Chis Hadfield is an awe inspiring person, who is a testament to his drive to succeed. In this book he displays humility in achieving what most look up to the stars and dream of, and offers a unrestricted view into his life achievements. The fact that Chris took the time to narrate his story gives the words great import, and validates what an incredible service he has done for the human race. For me, he will always be a +1 in mankind's mission to understand more about ourselves, and the planet we call home.
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