Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight

This series provides a popular history of spaceflight from the rocket scientists of the 1930s to today, focusing on the lives of astronauts, cosmonauts, technicians, scientists, and their families. These books place equal emphasis on the Soviets and the Americans and give priority to people over technology and nationalism. Series brings to life experiences that shaped the lives of astronauts and cosmonauts and forever changed their world and ours.

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Outposts on the Frontier

A Fifty-Year History of Space Stations

Jay Chladek
Foreword by Clayton C. Anderson

August 2017

Nebraska

Fallen Astronauts

Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon, Revised Edition

Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan with Bert Vis

Foreword by Eugene A. Cernan

May 2016

Nebraska

Go, Flight!

The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965–1992

Rick Houston and Milt Heflin

Foreword by John Aaron

December 2015

Nebraska

Infinity Beckoned

Adventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969–1989

Jay Gallentine

Foreword by Bobak Ferdowsi

January 2016

Nebraska

Apollo Pilot

The Memoir of Astronaut Donn Eisele

Donn Eisele

Edited and with a foreword by Francis French

Afterword by Susie Eisele Black

Historical overview by Amy Shira Teitel

January 2017

Nebraska

Ambassadors from Earth

Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft

Jay Gallentine

June 2014

Nebraska

Bold They Rise

The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986

David Hitt and Heather R. Smith

Foreword by Bob Crippen

June 2014

Nebraska

To a Distant Day

The Rocket Pioneers

Chris Gainor

Foreword by Alfred Worden

July 2013

Nebraska

Wheels Stop

The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986-2011

Rick Houston

Foreword by Jerry Ross

December 2013

Nebraska

The X-15 Rocket Plane

Flying the First Wings into Space

Michelle Evans

Foreword by Joe H. Engle

June 2013

Nebraska

Realizing Tomorrow

The Path to Private Spaceflight

Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom

Foreword by Charles D. Walker

June 2011

Nebraska

Homesteading Space

The Skylab Story

David Hitt, Owen Garriott, and Joe Kerwin

Foreword by Homer Hickam

November 2011

Bison Books

In the Shadow of the Moon

A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969

Francis French and Colin Burgess

With a foreword by Walter Cunningham

June 2010

Bison Books

Into That Silent Sea

Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965

Francis French and Colin Burgess

With a foreword by Paul Haney

September 2009

Bison Books

Footprints in the Dust

The Epic Voyages of Apollo, 1969-1975

Edited by Colin Burgess

Foreword by Richard F. Gordon

June 2010

Nebraska