James Clear Is Writing a Book With the Artemis II Crew—What Is Confirmed

By Ahaqir Ishaq | October 8, 2026

James Clear is collaborating with the four Artemis II astronauts on a new book. The project is currently untitled, and Authors Equity plans to publish it in fall 2028, according to an October 6 report from Publishers Weekly.

For readers who know Clear through Atomic Habits, the collaboration offers an intriguing question: what can an extraordinary space mission teach us about working together?

What has been confirmed?

The announced collaborators are Clear and astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. Authors Equity has acquired North American rights.

The publisher’s description emphasizes the crew’s conversations with Clear and the formal and informal practices they developed together. Trust and the human relationships behind the mission are central to the announced concept.

When will James Clear’s Artemis II book be released?

The announced publication window is fall 2028. An exact release day has not been announced in the reporting reviewed for this article.

Readers should treat that season as the current publishing plan. A title reveal and a dated publisher listing will provide firmer details as publication approaches.

What will the book be about?

The Bookseller’s announcement describes a book examining teamwork, trust and three years of preparation before the flight. It will draw on discussions with the astronauts to explore lessons about collaboration and leadership.

That makes the project interesting beyond its spaceflight setting. The question for everyday readers is how a team develops enough confidence in one another to work through difficult situations. The finished book will need to show how those experiences translate into useful ideas outside an astronaut’s training.

Who are the Artemis II astronauts?

NASA identifies the crew and their mission roles as follows:

Artemis II has already flown. NASA’s mission page records its launch on April 1, 2026, and splashdown on April 10, 2026. It was a crewed lunar flyby, rather than a landing on the Moon.

That distinction matters when describing the book: its collaborators are reflecting on a completed mission.

Is this an Atomic Habits sequel?

The announcement does not identify the project as Atomic Habits 2.

Clear’s official description of Atomic Habits emphasizes building good habits, breaking bad ones and improving through better systems. My reading of the new announcement is that the Artemis collaboration could extend readers’ interest in those ideas toward how groups function.

That is an interpretation of the premise, rather than a confirmed outline of the book. Readers should wait for the title and fuller description before assuming it follows the structure of Atomic Habits.

Why this book is worth watching

The most promising part of this collaboration is the opportunity to hear from all four crew members. A shared achievement can look different to each person involved, and those differences could make the book more revealing.

For me, the appeal is the possibility of concrete examples: how trust is earned, how people communicate under pressure and how a team learns to rely on its members. Those are questions worth exploring whether the setting is a spacecraft or an ordinary workplace.

The collaboration and fall 2028 publishing plan are the news. Its eventual value will depend on the detail and insight the authors bring to the finished book.

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