# Rod Pyle

Rod Pyle (born September 17, 1956) is an American author, journalist, public speaker, and former television producer and educator who concentrates on subjects regarding spaceflight.
Pyle is the editor-in-chief of Ad Astra magazine, a print and digital quarterly published by the National Space Society. He is author of 20 general market nonfiction books and has co-authored four public reports for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Pyle has hosted two podcast series and is a frequent guest on national and regional radio and appears on various television shows as a space expert.

## Education

Upon leaving high school, Pyle attended Pasadena City College for two years before entering the University of California at Los Angeles. He eventually received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, with an emphasis in film and television in 1994. He then received a master’s degree from Stanford University in 1995.

## Career

Pyle has been the editor-in-chief of Ad Astra magazine, the quarterly print and digital publication of the National Space Society, since 2017. He has authored 20 nonfiction books, mostly on space exploration, history, and development, since 2005.

## Books

| Year | Title | Publisher | Notes |
| 2003 | In Their Own Words: Race Across Europe | First Person Press | Co-author |
| 2003 | In Their Own Words: The Pacific | First Person Press | |
| 2003 | In Their Own Words: The Space Race | First Person Press | |
| 2007 | Destination Moon | Smithsonian Press | |
| 2010 | Missions to the Moon | Carlton Books | Foreword by Gene Kranz |
| 2012 | Destination Mars | Prometheus Books | Foreword by Rob Manning |
| 2014 | Curiosity | Prometheus Books | |
| 2014 | Innovation the NASA Way | McGraw Hill | Foreward by Lori Garver |
| 2016 | Blueprint for a Battlestar | Sterling Books | |
| 2017 | Mars: Making Contact | Andre Deutsch | Foreward by James Green |
| 2017 | Amazing Stories of the Space Age | Prometheus Books | |
| 2017 | Technology Highlights 2017 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | |
| 2018 | Technology Highlights 2018 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | |
| 2019 | First on the Moon | Sterling Publishing | Foreward by Buzz Aldrin |
| 2019 | Interplanetary Robots | Prometheus Books | Foreward by James Green |
| 2019 | Heroes of the Space Age | Prometheus Books | |
| 2019 | Space 2.0 | BenBella Books/National Space Society | Foreword by Buzz Aldrin |
| 2022 | Technology Highlights 2021 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | |
| 2024 | NASA/NIAC Proceedings | | (in process) |
| 2024 | A Month on Mars | | (in process) |

## Film and television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995-1997 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | VFX Coordinator | Paramount TV |
| 1998 | The Osiris Chronicles | VFX Supervisor | Paramount TV |
| 1993 | Modern Marvels: The World’s Longest Bridge | Producer/Director | History Channel |
| 1993 | Modern Marvels: Apollo 11 | Producer/Director | History Channel |
| 1994 | Modern Marvels: The Arch | Producer/Director | History Channel |
| 2002 | Battlestar Galactica | VFX Previz Producer | Paramount TV |
| 2005 | Beyond the War of the Worlds | Producer/Director | History Channel |