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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.

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Buzz Aldrin

Gemini 12, Apollo 11

Joseph Allen

STS-5, STS-51A

Clayton Anderson

STS-117, ISS-15/16, STS-131

Anousheh Ansari

Soyuz TMA-9

Jay Apt

STS-37, STS-47, STS-59, STS-79

Hayley Arceneux

Inspiration4

Neil Armstrong

Gemini 8, Apollo 11

Yuri Baturin

Soyuz TM-28, Soyuz TM-32

Patrick Baudry

STS-51G

Alan Bean

Apollo 12, Skylab 3

Brian Binnie

SpaceShipOne X2

Roberta Bondar

STS-42

Frank Borman

Gemini 7, Apollo 8

Roy Bridges

STS-51F

Daniel Bursch

STS-51, STS-68, STS-77, STS-108, ISS-4

Charles Camarda

STS-114

Scott Carpenter

Mercury 7

Gerald Carr

Skylab 3

  • Aerospace Crew Station Design
    with M.D. Montemerlo
    Elsevier, 1986

John Casper

STS-36, STS-54, STS-62, STS-77

Eugene Cernan

Gemini 9, Apollo 10, Apollo 17

Gregory Chamitoff

STS-124, ISS 17/18, STS-134

Franklin Chang Diaz

STS-61C, STS-34, STS-46, STS-60, STS-75, STS-91, STS-111

Maurizio Cheli

STS-75

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

Cady Coleman

STS-73, STS-93, Soyuz TMA-20, ISS 26/27

Collins, Eileen

STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114

Michael Collins

Gemini 10, Apollo 11

Gordon Cooper

Mercury 9, Gemini 5

Samantha Cristoforetti

Soyuz TMA-15M, ISS 42/43

Walter Cunningham

Apollo 7

Jan Davis

STS-47, STS-60, STS-85

Charles Duke

Apollo 16

Bonnie Dunbar

STS-61A, STS-32, STS-50, STS-71, STS-89

Donn Eisele

Apollo 7

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

Ron Garan

STS-124, Soyuz TMA-21, ISS 27/28

Jake Garn

STS-51D

  • The Future of US Land Based Strategic Forces
    IFPA, 1980

  • Night Launch
    with Stephen Paul Cohen
    William Morrow, 1989

  • Why I Believe
    Aspen Books, 1992

Marc Garneau

STS-41G, STS-77, STS-97

Owen Garriott

Skylab 2, STS-9

Richard Garriott

Soyuz TMA-13

Kellie Gerardi

Galactic 05

Edward Gibson

Skylab 3

Robert "Hoot" Gibson

STS-41B, STS-61C, STS-27, STS-47, STS-71

  • First Flight
    with Czarina Salido and illustrations by Michelle Rouch
    BookPress Publishing, 2024

Yuri Glazkov

Soyuz 24

  • Outside Orbiting Spacecraft
    1977

  • The World Around Us
    1986

  • Чёрное безмолвие (The Black Silence)
    with Vladimir Dzhanibekov
    1987

John Glenn

Mercury 6, STS-95

  • The Astronauts: Pioneers In Space
    with Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton
    Golden Press, 1961

  • We Seven
    with Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton
    Simon & Schuster, 1962

  • "P.S. I Listened To Your Heartbeat"
    World Book Encyclopedia Science Service, Inc., 1964

  • The Astronauts Book
    with Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton
    Panther Books Ltd., 1966

  • John Glenn: A Memoir
    with Nick Taylor
    Bantam Doubleday Publishers, 1999

Yaroslav Golovanov

former candidate

  • Sergei Korolev: Apprenticeship of a Space Pioneer
    Mir Publishers, 1973

  • Our Gagarin
    Progress Publishers, 1978

Duane Graveline

Group 4 Scientist-Astronaut

Virgil Grissom

Mercury 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1

Umberto Guidoni

STS-75

  • Il giro del mondo in 80 minuti
    Di Renzo Editore, 1998

  • Un passo fuori. I miei affetti, i miei valori, le mie passioni
    Laterza, 2006

  • Idee per diventare astronauta. Vivere e lavorare nello spazio
    Zanichelli, 2006

  • Martino su Marte
    Editoriale Scienza, 2007

  • Dallo Sputnik allo Shuttle
    Sellerio Editore, 2009

  • Astrolibro dell'Universo
    Editoriale Scienza, 2010

  • Dalla Terra alla Luna: Il Progetto Apollo 40 Anni Dopo
    Di Renzo Editore, 2011

Chris Hadfield

STS-74, STS-100, Soyuz TMA-07M, ISS 34/35

Claudie Haigneré (André-Deshays)

Soyuz TM-24, Soyuz TM-33

Fred Haise

Apollo 13

Bernard Harris

STS-55, STS-63

Rick Hauck

STS-7, STS-51A, STS-26

José Hernandez

STS-128

John Herrington

STS-113

Jeffrey Hoffman

STS-51D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61, STS-75

James Irwin

Apollo 15

Sigmund Jähn

Soyuz 31

  • Erlebnis Weltraum
    1983

Mae Jemison

STS-47

Thomas Jones

STS-59, STS-68, STS-80, STS-98

Mark Kelly

STS-108, STS-121, STS-124, STS-134

Scott Kelly

STS-103, STS-118, Soyuz TMA-01M, ISS 25/26, Soyuz TMA-16M, ISS 43/44/45/46

Joseph Kerwin

Skylab 1

Susan Kilrain

STS-83, STS-94

André Kuipers

Soyuz TMA-4, Soyuz TMA-03M, ISS 30/31

Valentin Lebedev

Soyuz 13, Soyuz T-5

Alexei Leonov

Voskhod 2, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Don Lind

STS-51B

Jerry Linenger

STS-64, STS-81, Mir

Clemens Lothaller

former candidate

  • Austromir 91
    with Franz Viehböck
    Tau, 1991

James Lovell

Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13

Shannon Lucid

STS-51G, STS-34, STS-43, STS-58, STS-76, Mir

Franco Malerba

STS-46

  • La Vetta / The Summit
    Tormena Editore, 1993

Michael Mantz

MSE Group 2 candidate

  • The New Sword: A Theory of Space Combat Power
    University Press, 1995

Michael Massimino

STS-109, STS-125

Matthias Maurer

SpaceX Crew-3, ISS 66/67

Leland Melvin

STS-122, STS-129

Anna Menon

Polaris Dawn

Ulf Merbold

STS-9, STS-42, Soyuz TM-20

  • Unser Weg Ins All
    with R. Furrer, E. Messerschmid and W. Ockels
    Westermann Verlag, 1985

  • Der Flug Ins All
    Gustav Lübbe Verlag, 1986

Ernst Messerschmid

STS-61A

  • Unser Weg Ins All
    with R. Furrer, U. Merbold and W. Ockels
    Westermann Verlag, 1985

  • Space Stations: Systems and Utilization
    with Reinhold Bertrand and Frank Pohlemann
    Springer, 1999

  • Raumfahrtsysteme, Eine Einführung mit Übungen und Lösungen
    with S. Pasoulas
    Springer, 2000

F. Curtis Michel

Group 4 Scientist-Astronaut

  • Theory Of Neutron Star Magnetospheres
    University of Chicago Press, 1991

Edgar Mitchell

Apollo 14

Andreas Mogensen

Soyuz TMA-18M

  • Min Rejse til Rummet (My Journey to Space)
    with Henrik Bendix and Thomas Djursing
    Politikens Forlag, 2016

Richard Mullane

STS-41D, STS-27, STS-26

Story Musgrave

STS-6, STS-51F, STS-33, STS-44, STS-61, STS-80

Bill Nelson

STS-61C

Rodolfo Neri (Vela)

STS-61B

  • The Blue Planet, A Trip to Space
    Vantage Press, 1989

  • 2035: Emergency Mission to Mars
    Vantage Press, 1990

  • Manned Space Stations: Their Construction, Operation, and Potential Application
    European Space Agency

  • Los Eclipses: El Movimiento Del Universo
    Grupo Editorial Iberoamerica S.A., 1991

  • Satélites de Comunicaciones
    McGraw-Hill/Interamericana de España, 1991

Paolo Nespoli

STS-120, Soyuz TMA-20, ISS 26/27

Soichi Noguchi

STS-114, Soyuz TMA-17, ISS 22/23

Brian O'Leary

candidate

Ellen Ochoa

STS-56, STS-66, STS-96, STS-110

Wubbo Ockels

STS-61A

  • Unser Weg Ins All
    with R. Furrer, E. Messerschmid and U. Merbold
    Westermann Verlag, 1985

John Olivas

STS-117, STS-128

Gregory Olsen

Soyuz TMA-7

Scott Parazynski

STS-66, STS-86, STS-95, STS-100, STS-120

Luca Parmitano

Soyuz TMA-09M, ISS 36/37

Timothy Peake

Soyuz TMA-19M, ISS 46/47

Thomas Pesquet

Soyuz MS-03, ISS 50/51, SpaceX Crew-2, ISS 64/65

Don Pettit

STS-113, ISS-6, STS-126, Soyuz TMA-03M, ISS-30/31

William Pogue

Skylab 3

Marcos Pontes

Soyuz TMA-8

  • É Possível! Como Transformar Seus Sonhos em Realidade
    Chris McHilliard Editora, 2010

  • Missão Cumprida: A História Completa da Primeira Missão Espacial Brasileira
    Chris McHilliard Editora, 2011

Sian Proctor

Inspiration4

Mikhail Rebrov

former candidate

  • The Moon and Man
    with G. Khozin
    Peace Publishers

  • Cosmonauts of the USSR
    with Vladimir Shatalov
    Prosveshceniye, 1980

  • To The Stars
    with V. Shatalov and Vaskevich
    Planeta, 1982

  • Save Our Earth
    Firebird Pub., 1989

Sally Ride

STS-7, STS-41G

Jerry Ross

STS-61B, STS-27, STS-37, STS-55, STS-74, STS-88, STS-110

Sergey Ryazansky

Soyuz TMA-10M, ISS 37/38, Soyuz MS-05, ISS 52/53

Walter Schirra

Mercury 8, Gemini 6, Apollo 7

Harrison Schmitt

Apollo 17

David Scott

Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15

Winston Scott

STS-72, STS-87

Rick Searfoss

STS-58, STS-76, STS-90

Rhea Seddon

STS-51D, STS-40, STS-58

Vitali Sevastiyanov

Soyuz 9, Soyuz 18

  • Into Space
    Malysh Publishers, 1980

Helen Sharman

Soyuz TM-12

Vladimir Shatalov

Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10

  • USSR-Cuba: Friends Forever
    Novosti, 1978

  • Cosmonauts of the USSR
    with Mikhail Rebrov
    Prosveshceniye, 1980

  • To The Stars
    with M. Rebrov and Vaskevich
    Planeta, 1982

William Shatner

Blue Origin NS-18

Alan Shepard

Mercury 3, Apollo 14

Donald Slayton

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Thomas Stafford

Gemini 6, Gemini 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Robert Stewart

STS-41B, STS-51J

Nicole Stott

STS-128, ISS 20/21, STS-133

Kathryn Sullivan

STS-41G, STS-31, STS-45

Gerhard Thiele

STS-99

Donald Thomas

STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, STS-94

Gherman Titov

Vostok 2

Franz Viehböck

Soyuz TM-13

  • Austromir 91
    with Clemens Lothaller
    Tau, 1991

Terry Virts

STS-130, Soyuz TMA-15M, ISS 42/43

Ulrich Walter

STS-55

Dave Williams

STS-90, STS-118

Jeffrey Williams

STS-101, Soyuz TMA-8, ISS 13, TMA-16, ISS 21/22

Alfred Worden

Apollo 15

John Young

Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9


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