The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Scott Parazynski and Homer Hickam (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 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 |
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 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
897 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed is an audiobook by Scott Parazynski: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Parazynski and Homer Hickam, released August 1, 2017, on the History & Culture and Astronomy & Physics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Scott Parazynski, Homer Hickam
- Released
- August 1, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Astronomy & Physics, Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9781522639169
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed as an audiobook?
The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed?
The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed is narrated by Scott Parazynski and Homer Hickam.