Buzz Aldrin Books In Order

Novels

  1. Encounter with Tiber (1996)
  2. The Return (2000)

Non fiction

  1. Return to Earth (1973)
  2. Reaching for the Moon (2005)
  3. Look to the Stars (2009)
  4. Mission to Mars (2013)
  5. Welcome to Mars (2015)
  6. No Dream is Too High (2018)
  7. To the Moon and Back (2018)

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Buzz Aldrin Books Overview

Encounter with Tiber

The second man to walk on the moon teams up with a Hugo Award finalist to chronicle the story of an astronaut who discovers evidence of an extinct race of aliens that left traces of their civilization on the moon.

The Return

On July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin, along with crewmate Neil Armstrong, made history as they placed humankind’s first steps on the moon. Now, in The Return, written by award winning novelist John Barnes, Aldrin offers a compelling novel about the opportunities and dangers that confront us today and shows why we must, and will, seize the challenges before us. When a tragic Shuttle accident kills a world famous basketball player on his trip into space, a trip that had been planned as a PR coup for the space program, former astronaut Scott Blackstone is out of a job. Worse, he and his ‘Citizen Observer’ program are vilified in the media, and he’s being sued for a billion dollars. His older brother, Nick, research chief for a major aerospace firm, persuades Scott’s estranged ex wife, Thalia a top ranked attorney to take on Scott’s defense. Gradually, it begins to appear that the ‘accident’ might not have been an accident at all. Meanwhile, as long feared, India and Pakistan go to war and, worse, Pakistan deploys a nuclear device high in the upper atmosphere, putting the crew of the orbiting International Space Station in iminent danger of destruction by radiation exposure. While the world’s space vehicles are grounded by the radiation storm set off by the detonation, only a few weeks remain to rescue the crew, and there’s no known way to do it. Save, perhaps, for a secret project of Nick’s…
The Return is a story of outsized characters, global crises, and big, daring ideas…
and as told by Buzz Aldrin it carries a ring of truth. He’s been there. He’s done that. And he’s already helped change the world.

Reaching for the Moon

I walked on the moon. This is my journey. But it didn’t begin when I stepped on board Apollo 11 on July 1, 1969. It began the day I was born.

Becoming an astronaut took more than education, discipline, and physical strength. It took years of determination and believing that any goal is possible from riding a bike alone across the George Washington Bridge at age ten to making a footprint on the Moon.

I always knew the Moon was within my reach and that I was ready to be on the team that would achieve the first landing. But it was still hard to believe when I took my first step onto the Moon’s surface.

We all have our own dreams. This is the story of how mine came true.

Look to the Stars

As one of a handful of astronauts to have walked on the moon, Buzz Aldrin has a unique perspective of space. And he serves as an amazing guide as he introduces us to the pioneers of space. From Copernicus to the Wright brothers, from the Apollo program to dreams of future travel, he reminds us that mankind has always looked to the stars.

Buzz’s informative, kid friendly text is paired with beautifully detailed illustrations by renowned illustrator Wendell Minor, and offers the perfect introduction to everything space related, including the development of the fi rst rockets, America s space race with Russia, details of all the Apollo missions, and the space station.

Aldrin and Minor collaborated on the bestselling Reaching for the Moon and now they reach beyond that book to give readers a concise look at the whole history of space exploration. Each spread provides a wonderful jumping off point for young readers, and will no doubt inspire them to Look to the Stars themselves.

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