Bestsellers
-
Challenger
- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
- De: Adam Higginbotham
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 16 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster, based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research—a riveting history that comes across like a thriller.
-
-
Even though I have read a lot of books about this disaster. This has been the most comprehensive and enjoyable.
- De Andy en 05-25-24
-
The Bomber Mafia
- A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. Malcolm Gladwell reexamines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time....
-
-
Listen to the same story on his podcast for free
- De Dustin en 04-28-21
De: Malcolm Gladwell
-
Pale Blue Dot
- A Vision of the Human Future in Space
- De: Carl Sagan
- Narrado por: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people....
-
-
Audio Quality Choices
- De JR en 05-30-17
De: Carl Sagan
-
The Wrong Stuff
- How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned
- De: John Strausbaugh
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
John Strausbaugh takes us behind the Iron Curtain in this witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its success was more spin than science....
De: John Strausbaugh
-
Apollo
- De: Charles Murray, Catherine Bly Cox
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 18 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Apollo is the behind-the-scenes story of an epic achievement. Based on exhaustive research that included many exclusive interviews, Apollo tells how America went from a standing start to a landing on the moon at a speed that now seems impossible....
-
-
Best book ever for space, ops, and engineering fans
- De JDM en 10-29-19
De: Charles Murray, y otros
-
Skunk Works
- A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
- De: Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies....
-
-
Ben Rich's life story...but not in that order
- De Allstar en 11-05-16
De: Ben R. Rich, y otros
-
Challenger
- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
- De: Adam Higginbotham
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 16 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster, based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research—a riveting history that comes across like a thriller.
-
-
Even though I have read a lot of books about this disaster. This has been the most comprehensive and enjoyable.
- De Andy en 05-25-24
-
The Bomber Mafia
- A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. Malcolm Gladwell reexamines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time....
-
-
Listen to the same story on his podcast for free
- De Dustin en 04-28-21
De: Malcolm Gladwell
-
Pale Blue Dot
- A Vision of the Human Future in Space
- De: Carl Sagan
- Narrado por: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people....
-
-
Audio Quality Choices
- De JR en 05-30-17
De: Carl Sagan
-
The Wrong Stuff
- How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned
- De: John Strausbaugh
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
John Strausbaugh takes us behind the Iron Curtain in this witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its success was more spin than science....
De: John Strausbaugh
-
Apollo
- De: Charles Murray, Catherine Bly Cox
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 18 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Apollo is the behind-the-scenes story of an epic achievement. Based on exhaustive research that included many exclusive interviews, Apollo tells how America went from a standing start to a landing on the moon at a speed that now seems impossible....
-
-
Best book ever for space, ops, and engineering fans
- De JDM en 10-29-19
De: Charles Murray, y otros
-
Skunk Works
- A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
- De: Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies....
-
-
Ben Rich's life story...but not in that order
- De Allstar en 11-05-16
De: Ben R. Rich, y otros
-
The Wright Brothers
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: David McCullough
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story behind the story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly....
-
-
Disappointing
- De Sara en 07-10-16
De: David McCullough
-
Packing for Mars
- The Curious Science of Life in the Void
- De: Mary Roach
- Narrado por: Sandra Burr
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer....
-
-
Everything You Always Wanted to Know - and More
- De Roy en 09-22-10
De: Mary Roach
-
Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- De: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....
-
-
Great Story of a History Obscured
- De Cynthia en 09-18-16
-
Beyond
- The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space
- De: Stephen Walker
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
April 12, 1961. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union’s most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile - originally designed to carry a nuclear warhead - and blasts into the skies. His name is Yuri Gagarin. And he is about to make history....
-
-
A remarkable story on many levels
- De Dipam en 03-22-22
De: Stephen Walker
-
Rocket Men
- The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
- De: Robert Kurson
- Narrado por: Ray Porter, Robert Kurson
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind's historic first mission to the moon, from the best-selling author of Shadow Divers....
-
-
The Men Who Saved 1968
- De Gillian en 04-04-18
De: Robert Kurson
-
The Future of Geography
- How the Competition in Space Will Change Our World (Politics of Place)
- De: Tim Marshall
- Narrado por: Tim Marshall
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and leading geopolitics expert comes a must-have book on today’s space race—including the increasingly tense power struggle between the US, China, and Russia and what it means for all of us here on Earth....
-
-
New information on space technology and warfare
- De eurogolfer en 05-26-24
De: Tim Marshall
-
Spaceman
- An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
- De: Mike Massimino
- Narrado por: Mike Massimino
- Duración: 10 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Mike Massimino's childhood space dreams were born the day Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. Growing up in a working-class Long Island family, he catapulted himself to Columbia....
-
-
Likable guy, great storyteller
- De Joy Woller en 10-09-16
De: Mike Massimino
-
Ignition!
- An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
- De: John Drury Clark, Isaac Asimov - foreward
- Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Ignition! is the story of the Cold War era search for a rocket propellant that could be trusted to take man into space. A favorite of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, listeners will want to tune into this "really good book on rocket[s]," available for the first time in audio....
-
-
Science man lists names of chemicals for 9 hours
- De Adrian en 05-06-19
De: John Drury Clark, y otros
-
The Future of Humanity
- Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
- De: Michio Kaku
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The number-one best-selling author of The Future of the Mind offers a stunning vision of man's future in space....
-
-
Simply a compilation of many other books
- De Nat Smith en 02-25-18
De: Michio Kaku
-
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
- De: Andrew Chaikin
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 23 h
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This book conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail....
-
-
Long, comforting book on moon exploration
- De Mark en 06-17-16
De: Andrew Chaikin
-
Of a Fire on the Moon
- De: Norman Mailer
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
- Duración: 17 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
For many, the moon landing was the defining event of the twentieth century. So it seems only fitting that Norman Mailer wrote the most wide-ranging, far-seeing chronicle of the Apollo 11 mission....
-
-
wild view tying themes of gopd and evil
- De Jim Wilder en 06-24-19
De: Norman Mailer
-
Apollo 11
- The Inside Story
- De: David Whitehouse
- Narrado por: Simon Mattacks
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
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....
-
-
Space Race Revivalism
- De Doug en 06-14-19
De: David Whitehouse
-
First Man
- The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
- De: James R. Hansen
- Narrado por: Jeremy Bobb
- Duración: 16 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
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....
-
-
Not really 'unabridged'
- De A Reader en 06-06-18
De: James R. Hansen
-
Eccentric Orbits
- The Iridium Story
- De: John Bloom
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
- Duración: 18 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The story of Iridium - the most complex satellite system ever built, the cell phone of the future, and one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in American history - and one man's race to save it....
-
-
Ugh! The skipping/repeating is INCREDIBLY irritating and distracting!
- De A. S. en 07-17-16
De: John Bloom
-
Apollo 8
- The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
- De: Jeffrey Kluger
- Narrado por: Brian Troxell
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In August 1968 NASA made a bold decision: In just 16 weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon....
-
-
Great history of NASA and Apollo 8: a must listen
- De J en 11-17-17
De: Jeffrey Kluger
-
Chasing the Demon
- A Secret History of the Quest for the Sound Barrier, and the Band of American Aces Who Conquered It
- De: Dan Hampton
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The New York Times best-selling author of Viper Pilot chronicles another thrilling chapter in American aviation history: the race to break the sound barrier....
-
-
Not at all what it purports to be
- De John A Stevenson en 11-20-18
De: Dan Hampton
-
Into the Black
- The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her
- De: Rowland White, Richard Truly
- Narrado por: Eric Meyers
- Duración: 15 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dramatic untold story of the Columbia mission....
-
-
Great Story About a Flawed Spacecraft
- De John en 12-04-16
De: Rowland White, y otros
-
The Book of the Moon
- A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor
- De: Maggie Aderin-Pocock
- Narrado por: Maggie Aderin-Pocock
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Have you ever wondered if there are seasons on the moon or if space tourism will ever become commonplace? In her lucidly written, comprehensive guide to the moon, Aderin-Pocock takes listeners on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor, exploring folklore, facts, and future plans....
-
Amazing Stories of the Space Age
- True Tales of Nazis in Orbit, Soldiers on the Moon, Orphaned Martian Robots, and Other Fascinating Accounts from the Annals of Spaceflight
- De: Rod Pyle
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Award-winning science writer and documentarian Rod Pyle presents an insider's perspective on the most unusual and bizarre space missions ever devised inside and outside of NASA. The incredible projects described here were not merely flights of fancy....
-
-
Awesome Book!
- De Amazon Customer en 01-28-19
De: Rod Pyle
-
Interstellar
- The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
- De: Avi Loeb
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Avi Loeb, the longest serving Chair of Harvard’s Astronomy Department, presented a theory that shook the scientific community: our solar system, Loeb claimed, had likely been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant star....
-
-
Postcolonial intersectional astrophysics
- De Amazon Customer en 09-02-23
De: Avi Loeb
-
Shuttle, Houston
- My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control
- De: Paul Dye
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From the longest-serving flight director in NASA's history comes a revealing account of high-stakes Mission Control work and the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with the universe....
-
-
6 stars - just brilliant
- De Greg en 02-17-21
De: Paul Dye
-
Empires of the Sky
- Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men's Epic Duel to Rule the World
- De: Alexander Rose
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 22 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The Golden Age of Aviation is brought to life in this story of the giant Zeppelin airships that once roamed the sky—a story that ended with the fiery destruction of the Hindenburg....
-
-
Actually, a One-Sided Story
- De JP en 08-03-20
De: Alexander Rose
-
The Saga of Pappy Gunn
- De: George C. Kenney
- Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
- Duración: 4 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A four-star general pays tribute to a remarkable man in this biography. Believing that America owes a debt to a great character, a superb aviator, and a devoted citizen that was not paid, General Kenney tells the story of Paul Irvin "Pappy" Gunn....
-
-
FASCINATING
- De Bowen Florsheim en 08-21-21
De: George C. Kenney
-
Rise of the Rocket Girls
- The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
- De: Nathalia Holt
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space....
-
-
Struggles In Space Exploration
- De Sara en 06-11-16
De: Nathalia Holt