From the bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo comes a bold and emotionally rich novel that takes readers to the heart of NASA's space shuttle program in the 1980s.
Astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin has always looked to the stars, but when she joins NASA’s astronaut training program in Houston, she finds herself challenged in ways she never expected. Alongside a brilliant cohort — Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond, mission specialists Lydia Danes and John Griffin, kind-hearted Donna Fitzgerald, and enigmatic engineer Vanessa Ford — Joan trains for space while navigating the complexities of ambition, identity, and connection.
As her first mission approaches, Joan finds unexpected love and begins to question everything she thought she knew — about her career, her heart, and her place in the universe. Then, during mission STS-LR9 in December 1984, everything changes in an instant.
Atmosphere is a sweeping, emotionally charged novel about courage, transformation, and reaching beyond your limits — both on Earth and among the stars.