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The Red Limit
- The Search for the Edge of the Universe
- Auteur(s): Timothy Ferris
- Narrateur(s): Timothy Ferris
- Durée: 5 h et 47 min
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For centuries, it was assumed that our universe was static. In the late 1920s, astronomers defeated this assumption with a startling new discovery. From Earth, the light of distant galaxies appeared to be red, meaning that those galaxies were receding from us. This led to the revolutionary realization that the universe is expanding. The Red Limit is the tale of this discovery, its ramifications, and the passionately competitive astronomers who charted the past, present, and future of the cosmos.
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The Red Limit
- The Search for the Edge of the Universe
- Narrateur(s): Timothy Ferris
- Durée: 5 h et 47 min
- Date de publication: 2017-11-17
- Langue: Anglais
- For centuries, it was assumed that our universe was static. In the late 1920s, astronomers defeated this assumption with a startling new discovery....
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Bogeys and Bandits
- The Making of a Fighter Pilot
- Auteur(s): Robert Gandt
- Narrateur(s): Thomas Block
- Durée: 11 h et 26 min
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Americans are fascinated by the undeniable mystique of the elite world of Navy fighter pilots. In Bogeys and Bandits, Robert Gandt takes listeners on a thrilling ride in the FA-18 Hornet, one of the fastest, sleekest, and deadliest aircraft in the world. Gandt lived and worked with several pilots learning to fly the Hornet: the identical twins from Middle America; the computer nerd with a penchant for speed; the grandson of a Tuskegee Airman, trying to live up to a proud legacy; and two women dealing with the post-Tailhook world of the Navy.
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I did not care for the narrator
- Écrit par Kindle Customer le 2020-04-20
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Bogeys and Bandits
- The Making of a Fighter Pilot
- Narrateur(s): Thomas Block
- Durée: 11 h et 26 min
- Date de publication: 2017-03-31
- Langue: Anglais
- Americans are fascinated by the undeniable mystique of the elite world of Navy fighter pilots. In Bogeys and Bandits, Robert Gandt takes listeners on a thrilling ride....
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The Right Kind of Crazy
- A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
- Auteur(s): Adam Steltzner, William Patrick
- Narrateur(s): Christopher Grove
- Durée: 7 h et 13 min
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Few organizations solve as many impossible problems as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and nobody knows more about leading rocket scientists to unlikely breakthroughs than Adam Steltzner. As the phase lead and development manager for EDL (entry, descent, and landing) of the Curiosity rover to Mars, Steltzner spearheaded the creation of one of engineering's wackiest kluges - the sky crane, which allowed the heaviest rover in the history of space exploration to land on Mars unscathed.
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What does it take to land a giant rover on Mars?
- Écrit par HittsMcGee le 2019-06-25
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The Right Kind of Crazy
- A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
- Narrateur(s): Christopher Grove
- Durée: 7 h et 13 min
- Date de publication: 2016-01-12
- Langue: Anglais
- 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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For All Humankind
- The Untold Stories of How the Moon Landing Inspired the World
- Auteur(s): Tanya Harrison PhD, Danny Bednar PhD
- Narrateur(s): Stephen Bowlby
- Durée: 3 h et 44 min
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July 20, 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin left humanity’s first footprints on the Moon. The plaque they left behind reads, “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon, July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.” But was the Apollo 11 moon landing mission really a global endeavor? How did people outside the United States view these “rocket men”? Against the political backdrop of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, was it, indeed, “For all mankind”?
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For All Humankind
- The Untold Stories of How the Moon Landing Inspired the World
- Narrateur(s): Stephen Bowlby
- Durée: 3 h et 44 min
- Date de publication: 2020-03-17
- Langue: Anglais
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The previously untold stories in For All Humankind reveal the impact of the moon landings around the globe, and what having a “man on the moon” meant to the international community....
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Making Space for Justice
- Social Movements, Collective Imagination, and Political Hope
- Auteur(s): Michele Moody-Adams
- Narrateur(s): Jeanette Illidge
- Durée: 9 h et 41 min
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From nineteenth-century abolitionism to Black Lives Matter today, progressive social movements have been at the forefront of social change. Yet it is seldom recognized that such movements have not only engaged in political action but also posed crucial philosophical questions about the meaning of justice and about how the demands of justice can be met. Michele Moody-Adams argues that anyone who is concerned with the theory or the practice of justice—or both—must ask what can be learned from social movements.
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Making Space for Justice
- Social Movements, Collective Imagination, and Political Hope
- Narrateur(s): Jeanette Illidge
- Durée: 9 h et 41 min
- Date de publication: 2022-06-28
- Langue: Anglais
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Making Space for Justice contends that the insights arising from social movements are critical to bridging the gap between discerning theory and effective practice....
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The Mercury 13
- The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight
- Auteur(s): Martha Ackmann
- Narrateur(s): Julie Eickhoff
- Durée: 8 h et 29 min
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For fans of The Astronaut Wives Club, The Mercury 13 reveals the little-known true story of the remarkable women who trained for NASA space flight. In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America’s first female astronauts. They passed the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the Mercury 7 astronauts, but they were summarily dismissed by the boys’ club at NASA and on Capitol Hill.
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The Mercury 13
- The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight
- Narrateur(s): Julie Eickhoff
- Durée: 8 h et 29 min
- Date de publication: 2014-05-23
- Langue: Anglais
- For fans of The Astronaut Wives Club, The Mercury 13 reveals the little-known true story of the remarkable women who trained for NASA space flight....
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The Space Age Generation
- Lives and Lessons from the Golden Age of Solar System Exploration
- Auteur(s): William Sheehan - editor, Klaus R. Brasch - editor
- Narrateur(s): Peter Lerman
- Durée: 11 h et 57 min
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In 1957 Sputnik launched toward the stars. President Kennedy then announced that the United States would send men to the Moon and then return them to Earth.These pivotal moments sparked an unequaled bound forward in human innovation and scientific exploration. At the heart of this momentous time were the men and women working behind the scenes. Scientists, historians, and astronomers share their memories and contributions from this unparalleled era in essays told in their own words.
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The Space Age Generation
- Lives and Lessons from the Golden Age of Solar System Exploration
- Narrateur(s): Peter Lerman
- Durée: 11 h et 57 min
- Date de publication: 2024-09-17
- Langue: Anglais
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In 1957 Sputnik launched toward the stars. President Kennedy then announced that the United States would send men to the Moon and then return them to Earth.These pivotal moments sparked an unequaled bound forward in human innovation and scientific exploration.
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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- Auteur(s): David E. Hoffman
- Narrateur(s): Bob Walter
- Durée: 9 h et 35 min
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The Dead Hand is the suspense-filled story of the people who sought to brake the speeding locomotive of the arms race, then rushed to secure the nuclear and biological weapons left behind by the collapse of the Soviet Union - a dangerous legacy that haunts us even today. The Cold War was an epoch of massive overkill. In the last half of the 20th century the two superpowers had perfected the science of mass destruction and possessed nuclear weapons with the combined power of a million Hiroshimas.
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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- Narrateur(s): Bob Walter
- Durée: 9 h et 35 min
- Date de publication: 2009-09-22
- Langue: Anglais
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The Dead Hand is the suspense-filled story of the people who sought to brake the speeding locomotive of the arms race, then rushed to secure the nuclear and biological weapons left behind by the collapse of the Soviet Union - a dangerous legacy that haunts us even today....
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The Physics of Star Wars
- The Science Behind a Galaxy Far, Far Away
- Auteur(s): Patrick Johnson
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Davis
- Durée: 7 h et 51 min
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Ever wish you could have your very own lightsaber like Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi? Or that you could fly through space at the speed of light like Han Solo and Poe Dameron? Well, those ideas aren't as outlandish as you think. In The Physics of Star Wars, you'll explore the mystical power of the Force using quantum mechanics, find out how much energy it would take for the Death Star or Starkiller Base to destroy a planet, and discover how we can potentially create our very own lightsabers.
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The Physics of Star Wars
- The Science Behind a Galaxy Far, Far Away
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Davis
- Durée: 7 h et 51 min
- Date de publication: 2017-11-07
- Langue: Anglais
- You'll explore the mystical power of the Force using quantum mechanics and find out how much energy it would take for the Death Star or Starkiller Base to destroy a planet....
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The Man Who Invented the Computer
- The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer
- Auteur(s): Jane Smiley
- Narrateur(s): Kathe Mazur
- Durée: 8 h et 14 min
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Why don’t we know the name of John Atanasoff as well as we know those of Alan Turing and John von Neumann? Because he never patented his computing machine, and because the developers of the far-better-known ENIAC almost certainly stole critical ideas from him. Jane Smiley tells the quintessentially American story of John Atanasoff with technical clarity and narrative drive, making the race to develop digital computing as gripping as a real-life techno-thriller.
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The Man Who Invented the Computer
- The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer
- Narrateur(s): Kathe Mazur
- Durée: 8 h et 14 min
- Date de publication: 2010-10-19
- Langue: Anglais
- From one of our most acclaimed novelists, a David-and-Goliath biography for the digital age....
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The Shadow of the Black Hole
- Auteur(s): John W. Moffat
- Narrateur(s): Rick Adamson
- Durée: 7 h et 28 min
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In this book, John Moffat shares the history of black holes and presents the latest research into these mysterious celestial objects, including the astounding results from gravitational wave detection and the shadow of the black hole.
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The Shadow of the Black Hole
- Narrateur(s): Rick Adamson
- Durée: 7 h et 28 min
- Date de publication: 2020-10-20
- Langue: Anglais
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In this book, John Moffat shares the history of black holes and presents the latest research into these mysterious celestial objects, including the astounding results from gravitational wave detection and the shadow of the black hole....
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Knocking on Heaven's Door
- How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
- Auteur(s): Lisa Randall
- Narrateur(s): Carrington MacDuffie
- Durée: 14 h et 24 min
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The latest developments in physics have the potential to radically revise our understanding of the world: its makeup, its evolution, and the fundamental forces that drive its operation. Knocking on Heaven's Door is an exhilarating and accessible overview of these developments and an impassioned argument for the significance of science. There could be no better guide than Lisa Randall.
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Knocking on Heaven's Door
- How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
- Narrateur(s): Carrington MacDuffie
- Durée: 14 h et 24 min
- Date de publication: 2011-09-27
- Langue: Anglais
- The latest developments in physics have the potential to radically revise our understanding of the world: its makeup, its evolution, and the fundamental forces that drive its operation....
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Chasing the Moon
- The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age
- Auteur(s): Robert Stone, Alan Andres
- Narrateur(s): Holter Graham
- Durée: 11 h et 58 min
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In 1961, President John F. Kennedy proposed the nation spend $20 billion to land a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. Based on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material, Chasing the Moon reveals the unknown stories of the fascinating individuals whose imaginative work across decades culminated in America’s momentous achievement. More than a story of engineers and astronauts, the moon landing - now celebrating its 50th anniversary - grew out of the dreams of science fiction writers, filmmakers, military geniuses, and rule-breaking scientists.
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Chasing the Moon
- The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age
- Narrateur(s): Holter Graham
- Durée: 11 h et 58 min
- Date de publication: 2019-06-04
- Langue: Anglais
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JFK issued the historic moon landing challenge. These are the stories of the visionaries who helped America complete his vision with the first lunar landing 50 years ago....
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Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program
- Auteur(s): Pat Duggins
- Narrateur(s): Pat Duggins
- Durée: 6 h et 58 min
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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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A great listen for Space lovers
- Écrit par Susan le 2018-04-11
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Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program
- Narrateur(s): Pat Duggins
- Durée: 6 h et 58 min
- Date de publication: 2012-04-05
- Langue: Anglais
- The Space Shuttle was once the cornerstone of the U.S. space program....
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A Most Improbable Journey
- A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves
- Auteur(s): Walter Alvarez
- Narrateur(s): Adam Verner
- Durée: 6 h et 5 min
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Big History, the field that studies the entire known past of our universe to give context to human existence, has so far been the domain of historians. Geologist Walter Alvarez - best known for his Impact Theory explaining dinosaur extinction - makes a compelling case for a new, science-first approach to Big History.
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A Most Improbable Journey
- A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves
- Narrateur(s): Adam Verner
- Durée: 6 h et 5 min
- Date de publication: 2016-11-15
- Langue: Anglais
- Geologist Walter Alvarez - best known for his Impact Theory explaining dinosaur extinction - makes a compelling case for a new, science-first approach to Big History....
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Foxbat Tales
- The MiG-25 in Combat
- Auteur(s): Mike Guardia
- Narrateur(s): Johnny Heller
- Durée: 3 h et 7 min
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July 1967: At the Moscow Air Show, the Soviets unveiled six new state-of-the-art aircraft. From among this lineup of new fighters and interceptors stood the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 - purportedly capable of outrunning and outmaneuvering any aircraft in NATO’s inventory. Yet even before its public appearance in Moscow, the MiG-25 had been a grave concern for Western analysts.
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Nice addition to my military aviation bookshelf
- Écrit par DJ3V0 le 2021-04-29
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Foxbat Tales
- The MiG-25 in Combat
- Narrateur(s): Johnny Heller
- Durée: 3 h et 7 min
- Date de publication: 2021-03-20
- Langue: Anglais
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From the Sinai Peninsula...to the Soviet-Afghan War...to Operation Desert Storm, Foxbat Tales is the definitive operational and combat history of the MiG-25....
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The Apollo Program
- The Story of Every Mission
- Auteur(s): Seeker
- Narrateur(s): Maren Hunsberger, Matt Morales
- Durée: 1 h et 15 min
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In a race against time, the Apollo program challenged our scientific capabilities and redefined the boundaries of humanity. To celebrate NASA’s 60 years of exploration, Seeker went back in time to relive each Apollo mission. Listen along as Seeker dives into the whole story from its WWII origins to its present day possibilities available for the first time in audio.
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The Apollo Program
- The Story of Every Mission
- Narrateur(s): Maren Hunsberger, Matt Morales
- Durée: 1 h et 15 min
- Date de publication: 2021-03-16
- Langue: Anglais
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In a race against time, the Apollo program challenged our scientific capabilities and redefined the boundaries of humanity....
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The Night Witches of WWII
- The Inspiring True Story of the Female Russian Pilots Who Helped Win the War Against the Nazis
- Auteur(s): Graham Derekson
- Narrateur(s): Lee Goettl
- Durée: 2 h et 40 min
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Their wings were weak, their talons broken…yet they flew the Soviets into winning the war against the Nazis. They were ignored, laughed at, and forced to do chores beneath their ranks. Why? They were the "weaker" gender. Despite being capable, they were initially denied entry into combat. And when they did enlist, their treatment only worsened: They were assigned worn-out uniforms and left to the mercy of rusted equipment on the battlefield. These adversities didn’t stop the Soviet female fighters from going ahead and showing unprecedented excellence in warfare.
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The Night Witches of WWII
- The Inspiring True Story of the Female Russian Pilots Who Helped Win the War Against the Nazis
- Narrateur(s): Lee Goettl
- Durée: 2 h et 40 min
- Date de publication: 2022-08-31
- Langue: Anglais
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Their wings were weak, their talons broken…yet they flew the Soviets into winning the war against the Nazis. They were ignored, laughed at, and forced to do chores beneath their ranks. Why? They were the "weaker" gender, considered fit only for kitchens and receptions....
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Escape from Earth
- A Secret History of the Space Rocket
- Auteur(s): Fraser MacDonald
- Narrateur(s): Oliver Wyman
- Durée: 12 h et 8 min
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Los Angeles, 1930s: Everyone knows that rockets are just toys, the stuff of cranks and pulp magazines. Nevertheless, an earnest engineering student named Frank Malina sets out to prove the doubters wrong. With the help of his friend Jack Parsons, a grandiose and occult-obsessed explosives enthusiast, Malina embarks on a journey that takes him from junk yards and desert lots to the heights of the military-industrial complex.
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Escape from Earth
- A Secret History of the Space Rocket
- Narrateur(s): Oliver Wyman
- Durée: 12 h et 8 min
- Date de publication: 2019-06-25
- Langue: Anglais
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Los Angeles, 1930s: Everyone knows that rockets are just toys, the stuff of cranks and pulp magazines. Nevertheless, an earnest engineering student named Frank Malina sets out to prove the doubters wrong....
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Outposts on the Frontier: A Fifty-Year History of Space Stations
- Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
- Auteur(s): Jay Chladek
- Narrateur(s): Mark Rossman
- Durée: 21 h et 15 min
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Outposts on the Frontier reveals how the Soviets and the Americans combined strengths to build space stations over the past 50 years. At the heart of these scientific advances are people of both greatness and modesty. Jay Chladek documents the historical tapestry of the people, the early attempts at space station programs, and how astronauts and engineers have contributed to and shaped the ISS in surprising ways.
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Outposts on the Frontier: A Fifty-Year History of Space Stations
- Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
- Narrateur(s): Mark Rossman
- Série: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
- Durée: 21 h et 15 min
- Date de publication: 2020-02-04
- Langue: Anglais
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Outposts on the Frontier reveals how the Soviets and the Americans combined strengths to build space stations over the past 50 years. At the heart of these scientific advances are people of both greatness and modesty....
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