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Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA

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- By Amy Shira Teitel
- Narrated By Laurence Bouvard
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- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Release Date: 10-22-15
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Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA

Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 30 mins)

By Amy Shira Teitel

Narrated By Laurence Bouvard

Whispersync for Voice-ready

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NASA's history is a familiar story, culminating with the agency successfully landing men on the moon in 1969. But NASA's prehistory is a rarely told tale, one that is largely absent from the popular space-age literature but that gives the context behind the incredible lunar program. America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum; it was assembled from preexisting parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer.
Jonathan says: "An enthralling and concise look at the birth of the space race!"

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