Endurance

A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery

By: Scott Kelly

Narrated by: Scott Kelly

Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

A stunning memoir from the astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - a candid account of his remarkable voyage, of the journeys off the planet that preceded it, and of his colorful formative years.

The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now he takes us inside a sphere utterly inimical to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the pressures of constant close cohabitation; the catastrophic risks of depressurization or colliding with space junk; and the still more haunting threat of being unable to help should tragedy strike at home - an agonizing situation Kelly faced when, on another mission, his twin brother's wife, Gabrielle Giffords, was shot while he still had two months in space. Kelly's humanity, compassion, humor, and passion resonate throughout as he recalls his rough-and-tumble New Jersey childhood and the youthful inspiration that sparked his astounding career and as he makes clear his belief that Mars will be the next ultimately challenging step in American spaceflight.

A natural storyteller and modern-day hero, Kelly has a message of hope for the future that will inspire for generations to come. Here, in his personal story, we see the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the boundless wonder of the galaxy.

©2017 Scott Kelly (P)2017 Random House Audio

amazing and insightful

I absolutely loved this book. Scott Kelly describes every aspect of his experiences before, during and after his year in space. If you are curious about what space is like, coming back from space, the ISS, feelings, smells, looks, jobs done in space and everything that goes into doing tasks and jobs, this book will be sure to answer every question you have. very well written, great narration by the author, I wish it wasn't over.

Amazing Read by Scott Kelly

This was a wonderful carside seat of what it was like to be in space. Read by the astronaut Scott Kelly it’s one of the best audiobooks I’ve heard in my life, and completely captured the feel, adventure, and hardships of life and space travel.

Amazing Story Grounded in a Life of Experiences

Kelly's telling of both his year in space and the life that led him to those moments is as insightful as it is inspiring. The stories he tells shows that astronauts are just normal humans who push themselves to the highest of heights.

Interesting story by an interesting man

Of the astronaut autobiographies, this book went into more depth than the others I've listened to, more depth into the astronaut career and certainly more depth into his career before being selected as an astronaut candidate than the other autobiographies. If you want to know what a day was like in an astronaut's life, so far that I've seen, this one does it best.

The reading is a little dry, and there's seemingly missing bits. For example, I don't think think he said anything about the servicing activities in the Hubble servicing flight except for the launch and the landing.

The story seems to take two parallel threads but they start at different times in Kelly's life, and it seemed a little bit confusing jumping back or forth in time for each successive chapter.

All in all, I felt this was informative and interesting, if you're looking for an astronaut's life story this is well worth it.

A great way to learn about ISS

Any additional comments?

A great story! I had been wanting to know more about the International Space Station. This audiobook delivered. I, being an engineer and amateur astronomer, would have enjoyed more technical information, but then the range of listeners and readers would probably be reduced. The human story, however, does compensate.

Scott, you're an inspiration to determination and perseverance. Here's an idea to bring together two great human endeavors: Go to Grytviken in the South Atlantic Ocean and lay flowers at Sir Ernest Shackleton's grave.

An amazing telling of flight and space

Thank you Scott Kelly for sharing your life like this. Truly amazing in inspiring human ingenuity, persistence, and being humble and a genuine, kind human being.

Out of this world!

Having the author narrate the story they wrote majes it that much better! I really liked how transparent Scott was with his story. Other books I've read sort of glorify NASA and don't really highlight troubles there are. He doesn't spare a single detail about some of the issues and his true feelings about them. Lots of funny moments in this book too. Very well written and narrated as well. You will not regret getting this audiobook! Considering listening again soon. :-)

You get to know Commander Kelly almost personally

There are many details in this book that make Scott Kelly’s year in space so much richer. It’s a great listen...

Amazing book

Love this book as well as the Netflix doc. Thanks Scott you are truly an amazing person!

Amazing book

A lot of us have dreams as kids to reach space one day and Scott almost makes you feel like you are there with him . I enjoyed listening Scott jump between chapters about being in space and also how he got there in his career . It’s truly motivational to know that even if you don’t do great in academics in the beginning.... you can still achieve greatness when you decide to put your mind to it . Five stars all around me