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Ask an Astronaut

My Guide to Life in Space

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Ask an Astronaut

By: Tim Peake
Narrated by: Robin Ince, Tim Peake
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Ask an Astronaut by Tim Peake, read by Robin Ince with an introduction by the author.

The new book from astronaut Tim Peake, the number one best-selling author of Hello, is this planet Earth?

How does it feel to orbit the earth ten times faster than a speeding bullet?
What’s it like to eat, sleep and go to the toilet in space?
And where to next - the Moon, Mars or beyond?

Ask an Astronaut is Tim’s personal guide to life in space, based on his historic Principia mission, and the thousands of questions he has been asked since his return to Earth.

Accessible, in-depth, and written with his characteristic warmth, Tim shares his thoughts on every aspect of his mission. From training to launch, from his historic spacewalk to re-entry, he reveals for listeners of all ages the cutting-edge science behind his ground-breaking experiments, and the wonders of day-to-day life on board the International Space Station.

Tim is pleased to announce that, as with his previous book, he will be donating royalties received from the book to The Prince’s Trust.

'Narrating Tim Peake's [Ask an Astronaut] was a delightful adventure in understanding how and why humans journey into space, as well as an epic voyage in learning how to pronounce Russian names. I feel more ready to go into space than I have ever done, though I'm not quite sure I'll get through the training process.... A beautiful look at our desire to go beyond our terrestrial gravity.' - Robin Ince

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Critic reviews

"Everything you ever wanted to know about life in space." ( The Times)
"Amazing... a brilliant book." (Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2)
"Narrating Tim Peake's [ Ask an Astronaut] was a delightful adventure in understanding how and why humans journey into space, as well as an epic voyage in learning how to pronounce Russian names. I feel more ready to go into space than I have ever done, though I'm not quite sure I'll get through the training process... a beautiful look at our desire to go beyond our terrestrial gravity." (Robin Ince)
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the Q&A format works well and makes for a quick listen. always good to hear firsthand accounts from these rare individuals. you appreciate the amount of planning and preparation that goes into these missions along with small details like food, sleep and exercise. The narration is really good but it's a shame Tim couldn't narrate himself as he is good at public speaking and would have added authenticity to the audiobook.

fascinating facts about space travel and science

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After listening to Tim peak I've discovered a desire to become a astronaut that I never knew I had!
Brilliant book and nice calming narration.

Very informative and interesting!

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No real prior interest in space but I found this to be a really engaging listen which I thoroughly enjoyed

Great listen

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really enjoyed this book, I liked the q&a style but the depth of answers and the order they were placed it gave it a very good flow and logical order

very interesting

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Was really interesting the find out what Tim went through on his mission to the ISS

Very interesting

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