Our staff write books on a wide variety of aviation- and space-related topics, including our exhibitions; the collection; the history of science and technology; and planetary science.

Curators also edit other titles, from the Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight series to children's books on flight. In addition, Museum curators edit book series with Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Centennial of Flight series), Palgrave Macmillan (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science Technology), Texas A&M University Press (Centennial of Flight series), and the University of Missouri Press (Sports and American Culture).

You can explore more peer-reviewed articles, stories, and more with Smithsonian Research Online.
 

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Virginia Aviation Publication

This book depicts the rich technological heritage of Virginia, featuring 200 B&W images from local, state, and national archives—nearly all previously unpublished. Images of Aviation series.

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Hubble's Legacy: Reflections by Those Who Dreamed It, Built It, and Observed the Universe with It Publication

Scholars, engineers, scientists, and astronauts relate the Hubble Space Telescope’s story, and how HST changed the way we visualize the universe.

Hubble's Legacy is available as a free download or for purchase on Amazon.

Read more
Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce Publication

Monographs in Aerospace History, no. 54. Available for Kindle readers, other eBook readers, and as a PDF.

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Discovery: Champion of the Space Shuttle Fleet Publication

This book places Space Shuttle Discovery within the history of the space shuttle program and provides an introduction to space shuttle technology, with a focus on the orbiter itself.

Read more
Dune Worlds: How Windblown Sand Shapes Planetary Landscapes Publication

Springer Praxis Geophysical Sciences series.

Visualize and understand the complex forms that sand accumulations have achieved in quite different environments.

Read more
Aircraft: The Definitive Visual History Publication Read more Milestones of Space: Eleven Iconic Objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Publication
A beautifully illustrated history of the exploration of space through eleven iconic objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
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America's Hangar: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Fourth Edition Publication

Souvenir book for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center

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X-15: The World's Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots Who Ushered in the Space Age Publication

A concise, yet detailed, introduction to the X-15 that is definitive and beautifully illustrated.

Read more
The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era Publication

First published in hardcover by The Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, in 1995.

Read more

Our staff write books on a wide variety of aviation- and space-related topics, including our exhibitions; the collection; the history of science and technology; and planetary science.

Curators also edit other titles, from the Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight series to children's books on flight. In addition, Museum curators edit book series with Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Centennial of Flight series), Palgrave Macmillan (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science Technology), Texas A&M University Press (Centennial of Flight series), and the University of Missouri Press (Sports and American Culture).

You can explore more peer-reviewed articles, stories, and more with Smithsonian Research Online.
 

Showing 11 - 20 of 244

Virginia Aviation Publication

This book depicts the rich technological heritage of Virginia, featuring 200 B&W images from local, state, and national archives—nearly all previously unpublished. Images of Aviation series.

Read more
Hubble's Legacy: Reflections by Those Who Dreamed It, Built It, and Observed the Universe with It Publication

Scholars, engineers, scientists, and astronauts relate the Hubble Space Telescope’s story, and how HST changed the way we visualize the universe.

Hubble's Legacy is available as a free download or for purchase on Amazon.

Read more
Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce Publication

Monographs in Aerospace History, no. 54. Available for Kindle readers, other eBook readers, and as a PDF.

Read more
Discovery: Champion of the Space Shuttle Fleet Publication

This book places Space Shuttle Discovery within the history of the space shuttle program and provides an introduction to space shuttle technology, with a focus on the orbiter itself.

Read more
Dune Worlds: How Windblown Sand Shapes Planetary Landscapes Publication

Springer Praxis Geophysical Sciences series.

Visualize and understand the complex forms that sand accumulations have achieved in quite different environments.

Read more
Aircraft: The Definitive Visual History Publication Read more Milestones of Space: Eleven Iconic Objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Publication
A beautifully illustrated history of the exploration of space through eleven iconic objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Read more
America's Hangar: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Fourth Edition Publication

Souvenir book for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center

Read more
X-15: The World's Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots Who Ushered in the Space Age Publication

A concise, yet detailed, introduction to the X-15 that is definitive and beautifully illustrated.

Read more
The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era Publication

First published in hardcover by The Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, in 1995.

Read more