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The First Spaceman: The Glory of Spaceflight—And the Terrible Price of Survival by Gene L. Henderson

The First Spaceman: The Glory of Spaceflight—And the Terrible Price of Survival: Audiobook

Book 480 of the Lost Sci-Fi series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Spaceman: The Glory of Spaceflight—And the Terrible Price of Survival runs 0.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Scott Miller (about 0.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

0.4listening hrs
Mystery & Fantasystore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 0.4 hours, it is shorter than 95% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf

98 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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

The First Spaceman: The Glory of Spaceflight—And the Terrible Price of Survival is book 480 of Gene L. Henderson's Lost Sci-Fi series: a 0.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Miller, released September 6, 2025, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
0.4 hrs
Narrated by
Scott Miller
Released
September 6, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Fantasy
Series
Lost Sci-Fi #480
ISBN
9798318164392

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The First Spaceman: The Glory of Spaceflight—And the Terrible Price of Survival as an audiobook?

The First Spaceman: The Glory of Spaceflight—And the Terrible Price of Survival runs 0.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.2 hours.

Is The First Spaceman: The Glory of Spaceflight—And the Terrible Price of Survival free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The First Spaceman: The Glory of Spaceflight—And the Terrible Price of Survival?

The First Spaceman: The Glory of Spaceflight—And the Terrible Price of Survival is narrated by Scott Miller.