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Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

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Book of the Week: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

Garrick Hagon

Jill Waters

Chris Hadfield

Book of the Week: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: Episode 1

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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Episode 1

Aged nine, Chris watches the Apollo moon landing and decides he wants to be an astronaut.

4 Extra Debut. Inspired by Apollo moon landing aged 9, Chris Hadfield commanded the International Space Station in 2013. Read by Garrick Hagon.

Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4,000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, been confronted by a live snake while piloting a plane, been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft, and become a YouTube sensation with his performance of David Bowie's Space Oddity in space.

The secret to Chris Hadfield's success, and survival, is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst - and enjoy every moment of it.


Episode 1
At the age of 9, Canadian Chris Hadfield watched Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon and decided that he wanted to be an astronaut.



Reader: Garrick Hagon

Abridged and produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.

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Chris Hadfield's memoir reveals the graft, glitches and wonders of space travel

Chris Hadfield's memoir reveals the graft, glitches and wonders of space travel. Read by Garrick Hagon

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