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The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,286,005 ratings — published 2011
Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.31 — 10,538 ratings — published 2000
The Right Stuff (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.23 — 55,646 ratings — published 1979
Deception Point (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.77 — 700,510 ratings — published 2001
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,308 ratings — published 1994
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.49 — 6,720 ratings — published 1974
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.34 — 632,353 ratings — published 2025
Hidden Figures (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.96 — 113,721 ratings — published 2016
The Astronaut Wives Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.35 — 28,500 ratings — published 2013
A Man on the Moon (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.49 — 7,683 ratings — published 1994
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.17 — 62,815 ratings — published 2013
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,963 ratings — published 1994
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.42 — 6,877 ratings — published 2017
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,628 ratings — published 2005
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.51 — 18,219 ratings — published 2024
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.53 — 11,798 ratings — published 2018
Riding Rockets (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,939 ratings — published 2006
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,765 ratings — published 1999
Love on the Brain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.90 — 635,631 ratings — published 2022
Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,891 ratings — published 2018
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.21 — 22,886 ratings — published 2017
Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,893 ratings — published 2009
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.95 — 60,345 ratings — published 2010
Flight: My Life in Mission Control (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,169 ratings — published 2001
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,347 ratings — published 2005
John Glenn: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,231 ratings — published 2000
Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1)
by (shelved 8 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.20 — 24,154 ratings — published 1998
Voyage (NASA Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,231 ratings — published 1996
The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.92 — 19,311 ratings — published 2021
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.87 — 9,390 ratings — published 2016
Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.40 — 8,710 ratings — published 2011
Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey Into the Unknown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.61 — 223 ratings — published 2000
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.44 — 3,332 ratings — published 2018
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,370 ratings — published 2019
Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.08 — 336 ratings — published 2005
Hidden Figures (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.80 — 18,952 ratings — published 2016
Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,714 ratings — published 2015
Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965–1992 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.31 — 244 ratings — published 2015
We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.10 — 545 ratings — published 1962
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.57 — 1,953 ratings — published 2009
Deke! U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury To the Shuttle (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.04 — 686 ratings — published 1994
The All-American Boys (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.74 — 163 ratings — published 1977
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.33 — 7,046 ratings — published 2023
Below Zero (The STEMinist Novellas, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.56 — 161,526 ratings — published 2022
Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.34 — 717 ratings — published 2021
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.53 — 5,230 ratings — published 2016
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,584 ratings — published 2009
Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.13 — 731 ratings — published 2011
Light This Candle: The Life & Times of Alan Shepard – America's First Spaceman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.16 — 486 ratings — published 2004
“Get away from local thoughts, local issues! Raise your eyes up! Look deep into the space! Give yourself a universal purpose! Try to discover deep within your being that very important tasks await you, far beyond simple matters and pointless issues of this world!”
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“I'm fairly certain that, at this very minute, the [Mars Polar Lander] is floating somewhere around the Neptune feeling tired and cranky and looking for a Holiday Inn.
Of course, you'd have to have a heart of titanium not to feel a twinge of sadness while watching those dejected NASA scientiest waiting by the phone like the class wallflower on prom week.
On the other hand, it was kind of fun to watch a bunch of men waiting by the phone and seeing how they feel when someone promises they'll call and then YOU NEVER HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN.”
― Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments
Of course, you'd have to have a heart of titanium not to feel a twinge of sadness while watching those dejected NASA scientiest waiting by the phone like the class wallflower on prom week.
On the other hand, it was kind of fun to watch a bunch of men waiting by the phone and seeing how they feel when someone promises they'll call and then YOU NEVER HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN.”
― Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments
