Space Books
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
“America’s funniest science writer” ( Washington Post ) explores the irresistibly strange universe of life without gravity in this New York Times …
The Martian
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.<…
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no war, no social media—beckons, and settling the …
Physics of the Impossible
A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible—from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks—revealing to what extent such t…
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people …
Project Hail Mary
A lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—a…
The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind brings us a stunning new vision of our future in space. Human civilization is on the ve…
The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of spa…
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, an illustrated investigation into future t…
Hidden Figures
The #1 New York Times Bestseller. Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathemati…