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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A Long Voyage to the Moon

The Life of Naval Aviator and Apollo 17 Astronaut Ron Evans

Geoffrey Bowman
Foreword by Jack Lousma

November 2021

Nebraska

The Light of Earth

Reflections on a Life in Space

Al Worden with Francis French
Foreword by Dee O'Hara

November 2021

Nebraska

Beyond Blue Skies

The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age

Chris Petty
Foreword by Dennis R. Jenkins

November 2020

Nebraska

The Ultimate Engineer

The Remarkable Life of NASA's Visionary Leader George M. Low

Richard Jurek

Foreword by Gerald D. Griffin

December 2019

Nebraska

Shattered Dreams

The Lost and Canceled Space Missions

Colin Burgess
Foreword by Don Thomas

May 2019

Nebraska

Come Fly with Us

NASA's Payload Specialist Program

Melvin Croft and John Youskauskas

Foreword by Don Thomas

February 2019

Nebraska

Outposts on the Frontier

A Fifty-Year History of Space Stations

Jay Chladek
Foreword by Clayton C. Anderson

August 2017

Nebraska

Go, Flight!

The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965–1992

Rick Houston and Milt Heflin

Foreword by John Aaron

December 2015

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

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

Bold They Rise

The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986

David Hitt and Heather R. Smith

Foreword by Bob Crippen

June 2014

Nebraska

Infinity Beckoned

Adventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969–1989

Jay Gallentine

Foreword by Bobak Ferdowsi

January 2016

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

Wheels Stop

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

Rick Houston

Foreword by Jerry Ross

December 2013

Nebraska

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