How Long to Read Leaving Orbit

How Long Does it Take to Read Leaving Orbit?

It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Leaving Orbit by Margaret Lazarus Dean

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a breathtaking elegy to the waning days of human spaceflight as we have known it In the 1960s, humans took their first steps away from Earth, and for a time our possibilities in space seemed endless. But in a time of austerity and in the wake of high-profile disasters like Challenger, that dream has ended. In early 2011, Margaret Lazarus Dean traveled to Cape Canaveral for NASA's last three space shuttle launches in order to bear witness to the end of an era. With Dean as our guide to Florida's Space Coast and to the history of NASA, Leaving...

How long is Leaving Orbit?

Leaving Orbit by Margaret Lazarus Dean is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Leaving Orbit Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Leaving Orbit aloud.

What Reading Level is Leaving Orbit?

Leaving Orbit is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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