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The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,338,452 ratings — published 2011
Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.31 — 10,807 ratings — published 2000
The Right Stuff (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.23 — 56,391 ratings — published 1979
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.32 — 882,541 ratings — published 2025
Deception Point (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.77 — 706,423 ratings — published 2001
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,681 ratings — published 1994
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.49 — 6,943 ratings — published 1974
A Man on the Moon (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.49 — 7,844 ratings — published 1994
The Astronaut Wives Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.35 — 28,791 ratings — published 2013
Hidden Figures (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.96 — 115,455 ratings — published 2016
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,022 ratings — published 1994
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.17 — 63,672 ratings — published 2013
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.50 — 22,345 ratings — published 2024
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.42 — 7,011 ratings — published 2017
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,708 ratings — published 2005
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.53 — 12,298 ratings — published 2018
Riding Rockets (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,014 ratings — published 2006
Love on the Brain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.90 — 666,573 ratings — published 2022
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,813 ratings — published 1999
Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,072 ratings — published 2018
Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,938 ratings — published 2009
Flight: My Life in Mission Control (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,185 ratings — published 2001
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,408 ratings — published 2005
John Glenn: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,255 ratings — published 2000
Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1)
by (shelved 8 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.21 — 24,527 ratings — published 1998
Voyage (NASA Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.82 — 2,270 ratings — published 1996
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.95 — 61,024 ratings — published 2010
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,635,172 ratings — published 2021
The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.91 — 20,226 ratings — published 2021
Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.08 — 337 ratings — published 2005
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.21 — 23,304 ratings — published 2017
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 — 9,510 ratings — published 2016
Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey Into the Unknown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.60 — 227 ratings — published 2000
Hidden Figures: An Inspiring Picture Book True Story About Women Who Changed Space History, for Children (Ages 6–10)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.44 — 3,390 ratings — published 2018
Below Zero (The STEMinist Novellas, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.56 — 167,547 ratings — published 2022
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,504 ratings — published 2019
Hidden Figures (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.80 — 19,276 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 — 1,749 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 4.32 — 244 ratings — published 2015
Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.40 — 8,780 ratings — published 2011
We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.10 — 554 ratings — published 1962
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.57 — 1,975 ratings — published 2009
Deke! U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury To the Shuttle (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.05 — 693 ratings — published 1994
The All-American Boys (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as nasa)
avg rating 3.73 — 166 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 — 7,646 ratings — published 2023
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,607 ratings — published 2009
Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.12 — 737 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 4.17 — 495 ratings — published 2004
Apollo: The Race To The Moon (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as nasa)
avg rating 4.51 — 2,024 ratings — published 1989
“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
“Trying to know all the secrets of the universe is not a spoiled luxury but a vital necessity! If we do not solve all the secrets and miss a very important detail that can threaten our existence, then we have made a mistake of extinction!”
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