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.

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.

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.