Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut

Rating: 4 out of 5

Author: Mike Mullane

Year: 2007

Category: Autobiography

Publisher: Scribner

Price: 15.00

ISBN: 0743276833

I’ve been reading Mike Mullane’s funny autobiography of his life as a Shuttle Astronaut. He was one of the TFNG Astronauts, introduced in 1978, at the same time NASA unveiled the Shuttle program (Sally Ride was another TFNG). Mullane’s account of his life before, during and after the astronaut program are told from a “one of the boys” insider perspective that’s funny, poignant, smart and scary at the same time. Definitely a must read for anyone interested in becoming an astronaut, or anyone who wants a peak into NASA’s highs and lows (including Challenger) during the shuttle program