Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space by Stephen Walker

Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space

Stephen Walker

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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9.07 a.m., April 12, 1961. A top-secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union's most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile - originally designed to carry a nuclear warhead - and blasts...

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Moods

informative 90%
adventurous 75%
inspiring 60%
hopeful 30%
emotional 25%
tense 20%
challenging 15%
reflective 15%
lighthearted 5%
mysterious 5%
sad 5%

Pace

medium 66%
fast 27%
slow 5%

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