Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award Winners

The annual Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Awards, named for NASA’s first Historian, recognize outstanding books that advance public understan ...more

Winners

	How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight by Julian Guthrie (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 863 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	German Rocketeers in the Heart of Dixie: Making Sense of the Nazi Past during the Civil Rights Era by Monique Laney 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission by Marc Kaufman 4.27 avg rating — 59 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? by Brian Fies 3.60 avg rating — 360 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award for Young Adult Category (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If I Were an Astronaut by Eric Braun 3.75 avg rating — 75 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award for Children’s Category (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft by Jay Gallentine (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War by Michael J. Neufeld 3.99 avg rating — 504 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Black: JPL and the American Space Program, 1976-2004 by Peter J. Westwick 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen 3.90 avg rating — 6,053 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program by Margaret A. Weitekamp 3.93 avg rating — 54 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interpanetary Travel by Robert Zimmerman 3.96 avg rating — 45 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974 by Asif A. Siddiqi 4.17 avg rating — 23 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America’s Space Sentinels: DSP Satellites and National Security by Jeffrey T. Richelson 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sputnik Challenge by Robert A. Divine 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (1993)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke 3.94 avg rating — 56,261 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (1984)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Global Talk: The Marriage Of The Computer, World Communications And Man by Joseph N. Pelton 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars