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Ask HN: What are some good educational books about our space program?

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I'm finding myself more and more interested in space exploration but I think that I don't know enough about the history of space travel. What are some good books that you would recommend on this topic?

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While I can not from the top of my head think of all that many actual books, I would recommend considering a couple of tv series: From the to Earth the Moon [1] and Moon Machines [2]. The former is based on a book [3], but I have not read it.

There is a lot of information available on the American space programs all over the internet, but if you would like to read about their Soviet counterparts, give Rockets and People [4] a go.

Finally, to get an idea of what it is like to live in outer space nowadays, Chris Hadfield's autobiography An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth [5] is a good read.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon_(mi...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Machines

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_on_the_Moon

[4] https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/rockets_people_vol1_deta...

[5] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18170143-an-astronaut-s-...