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 16 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 16 nonfiction books, mostly on space exploration, history, and development, since 2005.