Spaceflight
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Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
by:
Mike Massimino
4.53 avg rating — 5,110 ratings 
4. 
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
by:
Robert Kurson
4.53 avg rating — 11,267 ratings 5. 
Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
by:
Gene Kranz
4.30 avg rating — 10,164 ratings 6. 
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by:
Mary Roach
3.95 avg rating — 59,462 ratings 7. 
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
by:
Scott Kelly
4.21 avg rating — 22,456 ratings 
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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
by:
Jeffrey Kluger
4.42 avg rating — 6,724 ratings 10. 
Gus Grissom: The Lost Astronaut (INDIANA BIOGRAPHY SERIES)
by:
Ray E. Boomhower
3.93 avg rating — 72 ratings 
13. 
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space
by:
Eugene Cernan
4.29 avg rating — 2,728 ratings 
15. 
Countdown to a Moon Launch: Preparing Apollo for Its Historic Journey (Springer Praxis Books)
by:
Jonathan H. Ward
4.31 avg rating — 35 ratings 16. 
The Astronaut Maker: How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation
by:
Michael Cassutt
3.80 avg rating — 149 ratings 
16. 
Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles 4.23 avg rating — 166 ratings
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The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster
by:
Kevin Cook
4.27 avg rating — 1,100 ratings 16. 
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
by:
Eric Berger
4.47 avg rating — 6,224 ratings 16. 
Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age
by:
Lori Garver
3.80 avg rating — 425 ratings 16. 
The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel
by:
Meredith Bagby
4.58 avg rating — 429 ratings 16. 
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Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
by:
Alan Stern
4.36 avg rating — 2,466 ratings 24. 
Red Rover: Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity
by:
Roger Wiens
3.93 avg rating — 184 ratings 24. 
"Live from Cape Canaveral": Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today
by:
Jay Barbree
3.88 avg rating — 390 ratings 27. 
Dreams of Other Worlds: The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration
by:
Chris Impey
3.82 avg rating — 106 ratings 27. 
Out of Orbit: The Incredible True Story of Three Astronauts Who Were Hundreds of Miles Above Earth When They Lost Their Ride Home
by:
Chris Jones
3.84 avg rating — 687 ratings 
30. 
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
by:
Loren Grush
4.33 avg rating — 6,177 ratings 31. 
A Much Unsung Hero, the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle
by:
James Bigham
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating 31. 
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space 4.52 avg rating — 14,523 ratings
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Space Rescue: Ensuring the Safety of Manned Spacecraft (Springer Praxis Books)
by:
David J. Shayler
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 
36. 
Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew 4.22 avg rating — 2,736 ratings
38. 
Getting Off the Planet: Training Astronauts (Apogee Books Space Series) 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
39. 
Around the World in 84 Days: The Authorized Biography of Skylab Astronaut Jerry Carr (Apogee Books Space Series)
by:
David J. Shayler
3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings 
41. 
But for the Grace of God: An Autobiography of an Aviator and Astronaut
by:
William R. Pogue
3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings 
43. 
Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom
by:
George Leopold
4.16 avg rating — 94 ratings 44. 
Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight
by:
Thomas J. Kelly
4.27 avg rating — 566 ratings 45. 
Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her
by:
Rowland White
4.30 avg rating — 1,671 ratings 46. 
First on the Moon: A Voyage with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
by:
Buzz Aldrin
4.04 avg rating — 162 ratings 47. 
Smoke Jumper, Moon Pilot: The Remarkable Life of Apollo 14 Astronaut Stuart Roosa 2.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
48. 
Inventing the American Astronaut (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
49. 
Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965–1992
by:
Rick Houston
4.30 avg rating — 242 ratings 
51. 
Infinite Worlds: The People and Places of Space Exploration
by:
Michael Soluri
4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings 
53. 
The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission
by:
Jim Bell
4.16 avg rating — 1,231 ratings 54. 
Spies and Shuttles: NASA's Secret Relationships with the DoD and CIA
by:
James E. David
3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings 55. 
Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer
by:
Rob Manning
4.10 avg rating — 1,333 ratings 56. 
58. 
Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle (Springer Praxis Books)
by:
Colin Burgess
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings 
60. 
The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
by:
Diane Vaughan
4.09 avg rating — 436 ratings 61. 
No Downlink: A Dramatic Narrative About the Challenger Accident and Our Time
by:
Claus Jensen
4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings 
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Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir 3.92 avg rating — 386 ratings
70. 
For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut
by:
Scott Carpenter
3.69 avg rating — 140 ratings 
73. 
Light This Candle: The Life & Times of Alan Shepard – America's First Spaceman
by:
Neal Thompson
4.16 avg rating — 480 ratings 
76. 
Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin
by:
Piers Bizony
4.07 avg rating — 1,182 ratings 
80. 
Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond
by:
Nancy Conrad
4.08 avg rating — 331 ratings 81. 
Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon
by:
Al Worden
4.12 avg rating — 722 ratings 
86. 
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
by:
Alan Shepard
4.16 avg rating — 3,860 ratings 
89. 
To Reach the High Frontier: A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles
by:
Roger D. Launius
4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings 90. 
92. 
Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon
by:
James Harford
4.08 avg rating — 253 ratings 
94. 
We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program
by:
Richard Paul
3.95 avg rating — 193 ratings 95. 
Rocket Ranch: The Nuts and Bolts of the Apollo Moon Program at Kennedy Space Center (Springer Praxis Books)
by:
Jonathan H. Ward
4.47 avg rating — 55 ratings 96. 
The Saturn V F-1 Engine: Powering Apollo into History (Springer Praxis Books)
by:
Anthony Young
3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings 97. 
Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster 4.03 avg rating — 745 ratings
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Taking Science to the Moon: Lunar Experiments and the Apollo Program (New Series in NASA History) 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
100. 
The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles
by:
Ron Garan
3.80 avg rating — 193 ratings