An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Chris Hadfield (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 5,212 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
1,247 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth is an audiobook by Chris Hadfield: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris Hadfield, released October 29, 2013, on the Memoirs and Astronomy & Physics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Chris Hadfield
- Released
- October 29, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Astronomy & Physics
- ISBN
- 9780804193887
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth as an audiobook?
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth?
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth is narrated by Chris Hadfield.