Sharing Space: An Astronauts Guide to Mission, Wonder, and Making Change Audiobook, by Cady Coleman Play Audiobook Sample

Sharing Space: An Astronaut's Guide to Mission, Wonder, and Making Change Audiobook

Sharing Space: An Astronauts Guide to Mission, Wonder, and Making Change Audiobook, by Cady Coleman Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Cady Coleman Publisher: Penguin Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: July 2024 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780593827147

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

20

Longest Chapter Length:

67:58 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

11 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

27:56 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman shares the wisdom that helped her overcome the barriers of others’ expectations—and how to work on a team both in close quarters and remotely.

In 2010, Cady Coleman boarded a rocket and blasted off into space for her third NASA mission, a six-month expedition to the International Space Station where she was the only woman on her six-person crew. After years spent overcoming obstacles in competitive and elite environments, including grappling with her own doubts and needing to overturn the expectations of others, Coleman became a success story in a role that wasn’t built with her in mind—a mother who is also an astronaut, scientists, Air Force pilot, and leader.  Her determination and her amazing experiences give her a unique perspective on how to set yourself up for success, and on life here on Earth.

In Sharing Space, Cady shares counterintuitive insights integral to her success, such as how to leverage insecurities to beat expectations, how to know when to adapt and when to instead press for change, and how to be the glue that holds a disparate team together so it can be shaped to thrive. Illustrated with stories from her life and training, Cady takes readers from meteorite hunting in Antarctica to launching a $1.6 billion telescope into space to the wonder of spending six months living and working in zero gravity. This book will inspire anyone eager to escape a box in which they have been (unfairly) placed or to develop the confidence to succeed, even when they’re not an obvious “fit.”

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Sharing Space is a wise, personal, and inspiring story about how to live a good and purposeful life. Coleman interweaves her narrative of becoming an astronaut and working in space with lessons learned about teamwork, family, confidence in the face of setbacks, courage, and pushing mental and physical limits in service of a mission larger than yourself. Her accomplishments are impressive, but what really shines through is her humanity—especially her commitment to breaking down barriers and using her own position and perspective to expand opportunities for others to achieve their own dreams. Before I read this book, I already wanted to be an astronaut. After reading it, I want to be a better person.

— Katie Mack, author of The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) 

Quotes

  • Cady does a marvelous job of sharing the joys, worries and realities of spaceflight - and the complex road to get there. For anyone who has felt life’s obstacles are insurmountable, Cady’s path and ideas will help show the way.

    — Chris Hadfield, New York Times bestselling author of The Astronaut’s Guide to Life
  • Astronaut Cady Coleman — a brave, thoughtful, funny person — has had more extraordinary experiences than most of us could in three lifetimes. In this delightfully entertaining book she tells her fascinating story, and shares the priceless wisdom she’s gained along the way.

    — Dave Barry   
  • Cady shares extraordinary wisdom from an extraordinary life.

    — Mark Manson, New York Times author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
  • An inspiring, insightful read about how to overcome insecurities, build bonds, and break barriers. There’s no bigger childhood dream than becoming an astronaut, and there’s no bigger adult aspiration than becoming more like Cady Coleman. This is an inside look at what it’s like to be in outer space—and a guide to leading a meaningful life.

    — Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and Think Again
  • Cady Coleman reveals not just the extraordinary thrill of living and working in space but shares practical and inspiring advice on how to overturn other’s expectations to succeed. By showing how she stayed positive despite the obstacles to earning her spot as an astronaut and sharing the tools she’s learned about team building and how and when to speak up for change, her story is a unique roadmap for leaders everywhere.

    — Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • Cady does a marvelous job of sharing the joys, worries and realities of spaceflight—and the complex road to get there. For anyone who has felt life’s obstacles are insurmountable, Cady’s path and ideas will help show the way.

    — Chris Hadfield, New York Times bestselling author of The Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth
  • Cady shares extraordinary wisdom from an extraordinary life.

    — Mark Manson, New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
  • Sharing Space offers a rare glimpse into the heart of a pioneer, and is a rousing call to action, offering lessons from beyond our world to help us better navigate our own. With each page, she challenges us to look beyond the horizon of our own experiences, to question the impossible, and to redefine what it means to lead in an era of unprecedented change. This is not just a story about space exploration; it's a roadmap for navigating the frontiers of our lives and careers.

    — Barbara Barrett, former United States Secretary of the Air Force
  • Sharing Space took me back to the essence of my own magical days in space. On the page, Coleman is inspirational, energetic, curious, compassionate, musical, intelligent, and honest—a strong role model for all people aspiring to make big choices to explore, invent or discover. A wonderful read to calm our everyday-world anxieties down here on Earth with optimism for our future.

    — Eileen M. Collins, former Space Shuttle Pilot and Commander and Colonel, US Air Force, Retired
  • Astronaut Cady Coleman—a brave, thoughtful, funny person—has had more extraordinary experiences than most of us could in three lifetimes. In this delightfully entertaining book she tells her fascinating story, and shares the priceless wisdom she’s gained along the way.

    — Dave Barry, New York Times bestselling author
  • Sharing Space is so much more than an astronaut’s story. It’s a gift to all of us, a study in determination as Cady defies low expectations at every turn to become 'the unexpected astronaut.' Even as she becomes a three-time space flier and the first mom to spend six months aboard the International Space Station, she navigates complex human terrain with perseverance and grace. Sharing Space glows with her hard-earned wisdom, presented with a wonderful blend of open-hearted generosity, candid self-reflection, and self-deprecating humor that left me feeling enlightened, enriched, and empowered.

    — Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
  • Sharing Space is a delightful and inspiring look into how we can all reimagine the space around us and the people who make it special. A must-read for anyone looking to make a positive impact in unexpected ways.

    — Sian Proctor, SpaceX Inspiration 4 Astronaut and Artist
  • Cady Coleman’s descriptions of life in space brought me back to that magical place. But what I liked more about Sharing Space, and what makes it different from other astronaut memoirs, is that it’s a celebration of the people she met along the way.

    — Scott Kelly, former NASA astronaut and author of Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery

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