Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity audiobook runs 16.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Emma Hignett (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 1,009 Astronomy & Physics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Emma Hignett
Emma Hignett narrates 22 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 99 hours in all.
About as long, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf
37 Astronomy & Physics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
- The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
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- Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
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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
Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity is an audiobook by Giles Sparrow: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Hignett, released October 22, 2020, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emma Hignett
- Released
- October 22, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Astronomy & Physics
- ISBN
- 9780241492635
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity audiobook?
Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is the Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity?
Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity is narrated by Emma Hignett.
Is Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.6 hours.