Publications
- Beagle – from Sailing Ship to Mars Spacecraft (2003)
- Space is a Funny Place (Barnstorm Productions, 2007). .
- My Life on Mars – The Beagle 2 Diaries (2010)
Personal life
Pillinger's widow, Judith, is also a scientist. They met when working in the same laboratory and had two children, a son, Nicolas Joseph, and a daughter, Shusanah Jane,
After experiencing difficulty with walking for two years, Pillinger was diagnosed with progressive multiple sclerosis in May 2005. He owned a dairy farm, but towards the end of his life his illness prevented him from doing physical work on the farm.