The Astronauts/Keeping Up with The Astronauts (1961-1963)

Keeping Up with The Astronauts was a series/sequence of non-fiction books about the U.S. space program. Because there were so many changes and adventures they had to update it every year. Usually I highlight space art but wanted to share these as another artifact of the space age.


1961- Myrus, Don.  The Astronauts: The True Story of Man's Greatest Adventure in Outer Space. New York: Grosset and Dunlap. (92 p.) 29 cm. Illustrated Boards.

Mostly photo-illustrated this describes the first planned U.S. manned space mission. Last chapter has short biographies of the Mercury 7 astronauts.  Also 1962, 1963 editions re-titled “Keeping Up with the Astronauts”.

 The table of contents tells the story inside. They do give a glimpse of the future of U.S. space flight.

1962- Myrus, Donald. Keeping Up With the Astronauts: The Story of Man’s Greatest Adventures in Outer Space Including the John Glenn and Scott Carpenter Flights. New York: Grosset and Dunlap. (92 p.) 29 cm. Illustrated Boards.

Updated (and re-titled) edition for 1962. 

1963- Myrus, Don. Keeping Up with the Astronauts 3: The Story of Man's Greatest Adventures in Outer Space including the Glenn, Carpenter, Schirra, and Cooper Flights. New York: Grosset and Dunlap. (93 p.) 29 cm. Illustrated Boards.

This is the last of the 3 editions of this book.