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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz

Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond audiobook runs 18.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Danny Campbell (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.3listening hrs
Computers & Technologystore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 18.3 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 3,827 Computers & Technology audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond is an audiobook by Gene Kranz: a 18.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Danny Campbell, released August 30, 2011, on the Computers & Technology and Astronomy & Physics shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.3 hrs
Narrated by
Danny Campbell
Released
August 30, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Computers & Technology, Astronomy & Physics
ISBN
9781452673905

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond audiobook?

Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond runs 18.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.

Is the Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond?

Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond is narrated by Danny Campbell.

Is Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.