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The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff by Erik Slader, Ben Thompson

The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Epic Fails series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff runs 1.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by L.J. Ganser (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.9listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 1.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff at common listening paces
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30 min / day4 days
1 hour / day2 days
2 hours / day1 day
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 1.9 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Epic Fails

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 1.3 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 6.9 hours in all.

More narrated by L.J. Ganser

L.J. Ganser narrates 339 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,033 hours in all.

All L.J. Ganser audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf

406 Non-fiction (Kids) 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 Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff is book 2 of Erik Slader's Epic Fails series: a 1.9-hour unabridged recording, read by L.J. Ganser, released December 7, 2018, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.9 hrs
Narrated by
L.J. Ganser
Released
December 7, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-fiction (Kids)
Series
Epic Fails #2
ISBN
9781980027850

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff as an audiobook?

The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff runs 1.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.

Is The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff?

The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff is narrated by L.J. Ganser.