Dinner with an Astronaut

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by Leroy Chiao, Victoria Bruce · 2026

A memoir and popular science book in which astronaut Leroy Chiao recounts his path to space while exploring the history of rocketry, human spaceflight, and the future of space exploration. Framed as an imagined dinner conversation, it offers an accessible account of Chiao’s experiences as one of the first Asian American astronauts and of the broader cosmos.