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Astronaut-Authored Books
Many astronauts and cosmonauts have chosen to share their personal and space flight stories in books invaluable to those interested in learning about space history.
To facilitate building your own library, the titles have been linked to their Amazon.com listings, where applicable.
Buzz Aldrin
Gemini 12, Apollo 11
First On The Moon with Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins Little Brown & Co., 1970
Return To Earth with Wayne Warga Random House, 1973
Men From Earth with Malcolm McConnell Bantam, 1989
Encounter With Tiber with John Barnes Warner Books, 1996
The Return with John Barnes Forge, 2000
Reaching for the Moon with Wendell Minor Harper Collins, 2005
Look to the Stars with Wendell Minor Putnam, 2009
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon with Ken Abraham Crown Archetype, 2009
Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration with Leonard David National Geographic, 2013
Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet with Marianne Dyson National Geographic, 2015
No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon with Ken Abraham National Geographic, 2016
To the Moon and Back: My Apollo 11 Adventure with Marianne Dyson National Geographic, 2018
Joseph Allen
STS-5, STS-51A
Entering Space with Russell Martin Stuart, Tabori, and Chang, 1984
Clayton Anderson
STS-117, ISS-15/16, STS-131
The Ordinary Spaceman: From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut University of Nebraska Press, 2015
A is for Astronaut: Blasting Through the Alphabet Sleeping Bear Press, 2018
It's a Question of Space: An Ordinary Astronaut's Answers to Sometimes Extraordinary Questions University of Nebraska Press, 2018
Letters from Space Sleeping Bear Press, 2020
So You Want to Be an Astronaut Sleeping Bear Press, 2023
Anousheh Ansari
Soyuz TMA-9
My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer with Homer Hickam Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
Jay Apt
STS-37, STS-47, STS-59, STS-79
Orbit: NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth with Michael Helfert and Justin Wilkinson National Geographic Society, 1996
Hayley Arceneux
Inspiration4
Wild Ride: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships Convergent Books, 2022
Wild Ride (Adapted for Young Readers): My Journey from Cancer Kid to Astronaut Convergent Books, 2023
Astronaut Hayley's Brave Adventure Convergent Books, 2025
Neil Armstrong
Gemini 8, Apollo 11
First On The Moon with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins Little Brown & Co., 1970
Bok's Giant Leap: One Moon Rock's Journey Through Time and Space illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith Crown Books for Young Readers, 2021
Yuri Baturin
Soyuz TM-28, Soyuz TM-32
Властелины бесконечности: Космонавт о профессии и судьбе Alpina, 2018
Patrick Baudry
STS-51G
Aujourd'hui le Soleil se Lève Seize Fois Carrère-Lafon, 1985
Spatiale Premiere: Le 1er Français dans l'Espace with Jean-Louis Chrétien and Bernard Chabbert Plon, 1982
Ariane with Alain Souchier L'Odyssée-Flammarion, 1986
Douze Heures sur la Lune with Wim Damman 1998
Le Rêve Spatial Inachevé Editions Tallandier, 2001
Le Rêve et l'Espace Editions du Chêne, 2002
Les Scandales de la Conquête Spatiale Michel Lafon, 2003
Alan Bean
Apollo 12, Skylab 3
My Life As An Astronaut with Beverly Fraknoi Pocket Books, 1988
Apollo: An Eyewitness Account with Andrew Chaikin The Greenwich Workshop Press, 1998
Mission Control, This is Apollo with Andrew Chaikin Viking, 2009
Painting Apollo: First Artist on Another World Smithsonian Books, 2009
Brian Binnie
SpaceShipOne X2
The Magic and Menace of SpaceShipOne Black Sky Enterprise, 2020
Roberta Bondar
STS-42
On The Shuttle: Eight Days In Space with Barbara Bondar Greey de Pencier Books, 1993
Touching the Earth Key Porter Books, 1995
Passionate Vision: Discovering Canada's National Parks Harper Collins Canada, 2000
Canada: Landscape of Dreams Douglas & McIntyre, 2002
The Arid Edge of Earth Roberta Bondar Astronaut Enterprise, 2006
Space for Birds: Patterns and Parallels of Beauty and Flight Figure 1 Publishing, 2024
Frank Borman
Gemini 7, Apollo 8
Countdown: An Autobiography with Robert Serling Silver Arrow Books, 1988
Roy Bridges
STS-51F
An Improbable Astronaut: How a Georgia Farmboy Wound Up Flying the Space Shuttle Heart Ally Books, 2022
Daniel Bursch
STS-51, STS-68, STS-77, STS-108, ISS-4
Up to the Moon! with Sharon Yencharis My You Books, 2019
Charles Camarda
STS-114
Mission Out of Control: An Astronaut's Odyssey to Fix High-Risk Organizations and Prevent Tragedy Headline Books, 2024
Scott Carpenter
Mercury 7
The Astronauts: Pioneers In Space with Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton Golden Press, 1961
We Seven with Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton Simon & Schuster, 1962
The Astronauts Book with Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton Panther Books Ltd., 1966
Inner Space Little, Brown and Co., 1969
The Steel Albatross Pocket Books, 1991
Deep Flight Pocket Books, 1994
For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut with Kris Stoever Harcourt, 2003
Gerald Carr
Skylab 3
Aerospace Crew Station Design with M.D. Montemerlo Elsevier, 1986
John Casper
STS-36, STS-54, STS-62, STS-77
The Sky Above: An Astronaut's Memoir of Adventure, Persistence, and Faith Purdue University Press, 2022
Eugene Cernan
Gemini 9, Apollo 10, Apollo 17
The Last Man on the Moon with Don Davis St. Martins Press, 1999
Gregory Chamitoff
STS-124, ISS 17/18, STS-134
Human Spaceflight Operations: Lessons Learned From 60 Years in Space with Srinivas Rao Vadali American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2021
Franklin Chang Diaz
STS-61C, STS-34, STS-46, STS-60, STS-75, STS-91, STS-111
Los Primeros Anos: Mis Primeras Aventuras En El Planeta Tierra self-published, 2008
Dream's Journey self-published, 2014
To Mars and Beyond, Fast! How Plasma Propulsion Will Revolutionize Space Exploration with Erik Seedhouse Springer, 2017
Maurizio Cheli
STS-75
Tutto in un Istante with Merchez Marianne Minerva Edizioni, 2015
Leroy Chiao
STS-65, STS-72, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-5, ISS-10
OneOrbit 2016/17
Jean-Loup Chrétien
Soyuz T-6, Soyuz TM-7, STS-86
Sonate au Clair de Terre Denoël, 1994
Mission Mir: Journal de Bord Michel Lafon, 1998
Cady Coleman
STS-73, STS-93, Soyuz TMA-20, ISS 26/27
Sharing Space: An Astronaut's Guide to Mission, Magic, and Making Change Penguin Life, 2024
Collins, Eileen
STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114
Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission with Jonathan H. Ward Skyhorse Publishing, 2021
Michael Collins
Gemini 10, Apollo 11
First on the Moon with Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong Little Brown & Co., 1970
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974
Flying to the Moon and Other Strange Places Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976
Liftoff! The Story of America's Adventure in Space Grove Press, 1988
Mission To Mars: An Astronaut's Vision Of Our Future Grove Weidenfeld, 1990
Gordon Cooper
Mercury 9, Gemini 5
The Astronauts: Pioneers In Space with Scott Carpenter, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton Golden Press, 1961
We Seven with Scott Carpenter, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton Simon & Schuster, 1962
The Astronauts Book with Scott Carpenter, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton Panther Books Ltd., 1966
Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey into the Unknown with Bruce Henderson HarperCollins, 2000
Samantha Cristoforetti
Soyuz TMA-15M, ISS 42/43
Diario di un'apprendista astronauta La nave di Teseo, 2018
Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut Allen Lane, 2020
Walter Cunningham
Apollo 7
The All American Boys with Mickey Horowitz Macmillan Publishing Co., 1977
Jan Davis
STS-47, STS-60, STS-85
Air Born: Two Generations in Flight Ballast Books, 2023
Charles Duke
Apollo 16
Moonwalker: The True Story of an Astronaut Who Found that the Moon Wasn't High Enough to Satisfy His Desire for Success with Dotty Duke Oliver Nelson, 1990
Bonnie Dunbar
STS-61A, STS-32, STS-50, STS-71, STS-89
Materials Processing In Space American Ceramic Society, 1983
Donn Eisele
Apollo 7
Apollo Pilot: The Memoir of Astronaut Donn Eisele edited by Francis French University of Nebraska Press, 2017
Dirk Frimout
STS-45
En qu te de la planète bleue with Suzy Hendrikx Edition Labor, 1993
Of Zoek naar de Blauwe Planeet with Suzy Hendrikx Editions Coda
Reinhard Furrer
STS-61A
Fliegen, das sind Augenblicke wie diese Ein Aerokurier-Buch, 1984
Unser Weg Ins All with U. Merbold, E. Messerschmid and W. Ockels Westermann Verlag, 1985
Der Nachste Mond Wird Anders Sein Belser-Verlag, 1987
Natural Hazards: Monitoring and Assessment Using Remote Sensing Technique with R.P. Singh Pergamon Press, 1995
Yuri Gagarin
Vostok 1
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