Celebrate the Founding of NASA On This Day in 1958 With These 10 Books About Space and the People Who Have Traveled There!

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly, Winifred Conkling, and illustrated by Laura Freeman

Mae Among the Stars Written by Roda Ahmed and illustrated by Stasia Burrington

What Miss Mitchell Saw Written by Hayley Barrett and illustrated by Diana Sudyka

Chasing Space: Young Readers’ Edition by Leland Melvin

The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars: The Life of Edwin Hubble

My Journey to the Stars Written by Scott Kelly and illustrated by André Ceolin

I am Neil Armstrong Written by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos

Birthday on Mars! Written by Sara Schonfeld and illustrated by Andrew J. Ross

Margaret and the Moon Written by Dean Robbins and illustrated by Lucy Knisley

The First Men Who Went to the Moon Written by Rhonda Gowler Greene and illustrated by Scott Brundage