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Too Far From Home

A Story of Life and Death in Space

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Too Far From Home

By: Chris Jones
Narrated by: Erik Davies
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An incredible true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all–outer space

For a special breed of individual, the call of space is worth the risk it entails: men such as U.S. astronauts Donald Pettit and Kenneth Bowersox, and Russian flight engineer Nikolai Budarin, who in November 2002 left on what was to be a routine fourteen-week mission maintaining the International Space Station.

But then, on February 1, 2003, the Columbia exploded beneath them. With the launch program suspended indefinitely, these astronauts had suddenly lost their ride home.

TOO FAR FROM HOME chronicles the efforts of the beleaguered Mission Controls in Houston and Moscow as they work frantically against the clock to bring their men safely back to Earth.
Chris Jones writes beautifully of the majesty and mystique of space travel, while reminding us all how perilous it is to soar beyond the sky. Aeronautics & Astronautics Astronomy & Space Science History History & Culture Physics Science
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along with other books about the space race this offers more insight into long term missions and the impact of the shuttle disasters on the lives of those involved and dependant on it to get home

fascinating insight into long term missions

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If you could sum up Too Far From Home in three words, what would they be?

Fascinating full of information for the enthusiast

What did you like best about this story?

It has so much information about both the US and Russian space programs

What about Erik Davies’s performance did you like?

very good reading, very funny when he tries to imitate a Russian accent

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

the end was excellent

Any additional comments?

this book is very interesting if you like space exploration and would like to know about it's history.

Excellent book

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As usual I listen to the Audiobook and read the same book at the same time. The story behind the 3 stranded astronauts was good but I expected alot more tension, maybe it was just me expecting too much. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed listening to the narrator and the story was done at a decent pace. I'd recommend this to anyone who likes NASA, Russian Cosmonauts , Space Flight & the ISS.

As Someone Else Has Stated : This is a reprint of the book Out Of Orbit. Be Aware.

Good but not what I expected

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Well researched and written. Slightly dry delivery. Some edge-of-the-seat moments. Highlight for me was the Soyuz return. Recommended to listen in 1-2 hours blocks.

Space - the inside story.

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A wonderfully written account - extremely well read by the narrator.

So many interesting facts and lots of information about life on the ISS, astronauts, cosmonauts and the interactions between them, their families and their land-bound colleagues.

It 'reads' like a page-turner, but has moments of 'poetry' in its narrative as it seeks to illustrate the experience of being thrust into the vacuum of Space.

Loved it!

Fantastic

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