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The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,295,377 ratings — published 2011
The Right Stuff (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 33 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.23 — 55,778 ratings — published 1979
A Man on the Moon (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.49 — 7,707 ratings — published 1994
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,364 ratings — published 1994
A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.65 — 345 ratings — published 2023
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,170,358 ratings — published 2021
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.95 — 60,483 ratings — published 2010
Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.31 — 10,586 ratings — published 2000
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.49 — 6,747 ratings — published 1974
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.42 — 6,895 ratings — published 2017
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.17 — 62,957 ratings — published 2013
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,972 ratings — published 1994
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,642 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 16 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.53 — 11,874 ratings — published 2018
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.51 — 18,917 ratings — published 2024
Orbital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.49 — 145,338 ratings — published 2023
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.21 — 22,928 ratings — published 2017
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.20 — 57,190 ratings — published 2019
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.26 — 126,005 ratings — published 2016
Riding Rockets (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,953 ratings — published 2006
The Case for Mars (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,998 ratings — published 1996
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,815 ratings — published 2023
Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,536 ratings — published 2018
The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,278 ratings — published 2015
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.30 — 176,546 ratings — published 2015
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.34 — 39,619 ratings — published 1994
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.94 — 129,174 ratings — published 1970
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.12 — 184,893 ratings — published 1973
Artemis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.68 — 329,180 ratings — published 2017
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,774 ratings — published 1999
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.40 — 159,463 ratings — published 1980
Flight: My Life in Mission Control (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,172 ratings — published 2001
Hidden Figures (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.96 — 113,980 ratings — published 2016
Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings – The Forgotten History of Daring Exploration and Human Genius (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.20 — 855 ratings — published 2021
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.47 — 6,557 ratings — published 2021
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 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,722 ratings — published 2015
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.18 — 337,109 ratings — published 1968
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,354 ratings — published 2005
Apollo: The Race To The Moon (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,985 ratings — published 1989
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.33 — 686,098 ratings — published 2025
One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,034 ratings — published 2019
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.95 — 38,040 ratings — published 2018
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.12 — 373,781 ratings — published 2017
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.53 — 5,257 ratings — published 2016
Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.28 — 586 ratings — published 2004
Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.23 — 821 ratings — published 2005
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.08 — 208,080 ratings — published 2017
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.17 — 186,338 ratings — published 2014
Starman: The Truth Behind The Legend Of Yuri Gagarin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,202 ratings — published 1998
Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.08 — 336 ratings — published 2005
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.”
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“The sky is the limit only for those who aren't afraid to fly!”
― Sci-fi Almanac, 2010: An Anthology of Short Stories
― Sci-fi Almanac, 2010: An Anthology of Short Stories












