Publications
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).
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Milestones of Space: Eleven Iconic Objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
America's Hangar: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Fourth Edition
Souvenir book for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center
X-15: The World's Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots Who Ushered in the Space Age
A concise, yet detailed, introduction to the X-15 that is definitive and beautifully illustrated.
Space Shuttle Legacy: How We Did It and What We Learned
AIAA Library of Flight
Where Next, Columbus? The Future of Space Exploration
A publication by the staff of the National Air and Space Museum.
The Red Rockets' Glare: Spaceflight and the Russian Imagination, 1857–1957
Cambridge Centennial of Flight series, edited by John Anderson and Von Hardesty
Spacefarers: Images of Astronauts and Cosmonauts in the Heroic Era of Spaceflight
Edited by Michael J. Neufeld, with contributions from Margaret Weitekamp, Matthew Hersch, James Spiller, Andrew Jenks, Guillaume de Syon, Trevor S. Rockwell, Valerie Neal, Jennifer Ross-Nazzal, and Margaret Lazarus Dean.
Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery
A children's book worked on by members of the National Air and Space Museum staff.
Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space
NASA Aeronautics Book Series, NASA SP-2011-593.
Available in digital edition from NASA History Office--click on title to see link.
Epic Adventures: Epic Flights
A publication by a staff member of the National Air and Space Museum.