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Time, Inc.
Countdown
Space does not wish you well. It has no shortage of ways to kill you, and in the fifty years humans have been flying spacecraft around the Earth and out to the moon, the mortal perils have been evident. But ten of the missions were the most harrowing of all. Some of them ended in tragedy, some ended successfully—but all of them involved astronauts playing for the very highest stakes in the very deadliest place. Countdown tells the tale of those ten missions—some of them American, some Russian. Written and narrated by Jeffrey Kluger—author of Apollo 13 and Apollo 8—Countdown...
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4.4 stars from 337 ratings
Amazing
What an exceptional podcast! The content is excellent and factual. The audio quality is truly amazing. Well done on this series. Would definitely recommend it.
The_JLK via Apple Podcasts · South Africa · 12/26/18
How Far?
Great podcast, interesting subject matter and an enjoyable half hour. Next series can you please give the distances and weights in metric as well as imperial measurements for listeners outside America.
Chezzdog1 via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 06/26/18
Loved every bit! Except
Very well presented series and quality of voice overs is terrific. It would have been great if the episodes followed the chronology of the space flights.
Aneesh Shingwekar via Apple Podcasts · India · 04/25/18
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