Astronaut List

1

Earthrise: My Adventures as an Apollo 14 Astronaut

Ellen Mahoney

On February 5, 1971, Edgar Mitchell jumped off the last rungs of a ladder connecting him to NASA’s Antares spac...

2

Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986-2011

Rick Houston

Humanity’s first reusable spacecraft and the most complex machine ever built, NASA’s Space Shuttle debute...

3

The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings into Space

Michelle L. Evans ,

With the Soviet Union’s launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Am...

4

Discovery: Champion of the Space Shuttle Fleet

Valerie Neal

This book places Space Shuttle Discovery within the history of the space shuttle program and provides an introduction...

5

Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space

The definitive biography of Sally Ride, America’s first woman in space, with exclusive insights from Ride&#8217...

6

The Ordinary Spaceman: From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut

Clayton C. Anderson ,

What’s it like to travel at more than 850 MPH, riding in a supersonic T-38 twin turbojet engine airplane? What...

7

Orbit of Discovery: The All-Ohio Space Shuttle Mission

Don Thomas

The desire to beat gravity is a Buckeye tradition. After all, Orville and Wilbur Wright were Dayton, Ohio, boys who w...

8

Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA's Record-Setting Frequent Flyer

Jerry L. Ross

From the age of ten looking up at the stars Jerry Ross knew that he wanted to journey into space This autobiography tell...

9

International Space Station: 1998-2011 (all stages) (Owners' Workshop Manual)

David Baker

10

Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space

John W. Young ,

He walked on the Moon. He flew six space missions in three different programs - more than any other human. He served wit...

11

Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, 1963-1972

David West Reynolds

Space expert David West Reynolds takes you on a historical journey through the world’s most renowned space pro...

12

SR-71: The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane

Richard H. Graham

13

Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration

Buzz Aldrin

14

Red Rover: Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity

Roger Wiens

In its eerie likeness to Earth, Mars has long captured our imaginations - both as a destination for humankind and as a p...

15

Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer

Rob Manning

16

Infinite Worlds: The People and Places of Space Exploration

Michael Soluri

A stunning, unprecedented collection of photographs and essays that goes behind the scenes at NASA, in which the huma...

17

Rocket Manual - 1942 onwards: An insight into the development and technology of space rockets and satellite launchers

David Baker

18

New Space Frontiers: Venturing into Earth Orbit and Beyond

Piers Bizony

Take a journey into the New Space Frontier!It is easy to imagine that the space shuttle's retirement has edged th...

19

We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves

M. Scott Carpenter ,

• Published for the fiftieth anniversary of the Mercury program: Project Mercury ran from 1959 through 1963, pu...

20

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

Michael Collins

21

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

From "America’s nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story,...

22

The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles

Astronaut Ron Garan ,

For astronaut Ron Garan, living on the International Space Station was a powerful, transformative experience—on...

23

Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight

Margaret Lazarus Dean

Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize a breathtaking elegy to the waning days of human spaceflight as we have kn...

24

Beyond: Our Future in Space

Chris Impey

Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in spacexand then reminds us that wexre already thereHuman explora...

25

The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission

Jim Bell