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Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
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Robert Kurson (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 11,586 ratings
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Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
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The Right Stuff
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4.23 avg rating — 55,313 ratings
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Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
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4.39 avg rating — 10,107 ratings
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Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
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Mike Massimino (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 5,175 ratings
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The Right Stuff
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Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11
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4.36 avg rating — 1,706 ratings
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American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
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4.17 avg rating — 3,323 ratings
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The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
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4.10 avg rating — 4,172 ratings
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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
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Margot Lee Shetterly (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 112,948 ratings
score: 189,
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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
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Margot Lee Shetterly (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 112,948 ratings
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Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space
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4.13 avg rating — 2,096 ratings
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Astronaut Wives Club
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Lily Koppel (Goodreads Author)
3.35 avg rating — 28,409 ratings
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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
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4.34 avg rating — 39,132 ratings
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Picturing Apollo 11: Rare Views and Undiscovered Moments
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4.48 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Building Moonships: The Grumman Lunar Module
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4.32 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth
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Kate Greene (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 669 ratings
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Space and the American Imagination
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3.81 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Sacramento's Moon Rockets
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The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age
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4.04 avg rating — 219 ratings
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A Much Unsung Hero, the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle
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A Man on the Moon
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4.49 avg rating — 7,611 ratings
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Michoud Assembly Facility
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4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey
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4.49 avg rating — 6,642 ratings
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Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, 1963-1972
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4.22 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Moon Launch! (The NASA History Series)
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4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Space Shuttle
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4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology
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3.92 avg rating — 3,065 ratings
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Red Rover: Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity
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3.93 avg rating — 184 ratings
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This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age
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4.11 avg rating — 509 ratings
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NASA Kennedy Space Center
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4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
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3.92 avg rating — 6,589 ratings
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The Dream Machines: An Illustrated History of the Spaceship in Art, Science and Literature
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Ron Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 91,
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Moonshots: 50 Years of NASA Space Exploration Seen through Hasselblad Cameras
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4.43 avg rating — 60 ratings
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 333,686 ratings
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Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir
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4.03 avg rating — 665 ratings
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Amazing Stories of the Space Age
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Rod Pyle (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 233 ratings
score: 89,
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Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir
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3.91 avg rating — 390 ratings
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Before Lift-off: The Making of a Space Shuttle Crew (New Series in NASA History)
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4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight
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Julian Guthrie (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 925 ratings
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Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
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4.16 avg rating — 3,928 ratings
score: 85,
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Explore the Cosmos Like Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Space Science Journey
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Cap Saucier (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 39 ratings
score: 85,
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The Return
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Buzz Aldrin (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 228 ratings
score: 84,
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The Art of Space: The History of Space Art, from the Earliest Visions to the Graphics of the Modern Era
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Ron Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 56 ratings
score: 84,
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Exploring Space
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3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
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Annie Jacobsen (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 9,708 ratings
score: 81,
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Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
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Annie Jacobsen (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 2,124 ratings
score: 80,
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Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
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Annie Jacobsen (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 10,733 ratings
score: 79,
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Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight
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Margaret Lazarus Dean (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 580 ratings
score: 78,
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Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight
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4.23 avg rating — 1,167 ratings
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No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
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Buzz Aldrin (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
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The Step: One Woman's Journey to Finding Her Own Happiness and Success During the Apollo Space Program
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Martha Lemasters (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 76 ratings
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The Dream Life of Astronauts: Stories
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Patrick Ryan (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 632 ratings
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Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity (Astronaut Academy, 1)
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Dave Roman (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 1,411 ratings
score: 71,
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Astronaut-Aquanaut: How Space Science and Sea Science Interact
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Jennifer Swanson (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Astronauts in Trouble
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3.42 avg rating — 45 ratings
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We Reach the Moon: The New York Times Story of Man's Greatest Adventure
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3.86 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
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Nathalia Holt (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 9,338 ratings
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Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board
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Vince Houghton (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 1,213 ratings
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