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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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.

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Space Shuttle Legacy: How We Did It and What We Learned Publication

AIAA Library of Flight

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Where Next, Columbus? The Future of Space Exploration Publication

A publication by the staff of the National Air and Space Museum. 

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The Red Rockets' Glare: Spaceflight and the Russian Imagination, 1857–1957 Publication

Cambridge Centennial of Flight series, edited by John Anderson and Von Hardesty

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Spacefarers: Images of Astronauts and Cosmonauts in the Heroic Era of Spaceflight Publication

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.

 

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Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery Publication

A children's book worked on by members of the National Air and Space Museum staff. 

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Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space Publication

NASA Aeronautics Book Series, NASA SP-2011-593.

Available in digital edition from NASA History Office--click on title to see link. 

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Epic Adventures: Epic Flights Publication

A publication by a staff member of the National Air and Space Museum. 

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John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon Publication

Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

From 2008-2009 John M. Logsdon held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum.

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 70

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
Space Shuttle Legacy: How We Did It and What We Learned Publication

AIAA Library of Flight

Read more
Where Next, Columbus? The Future of Space Exploration Publication

A publication by the staff of the National Air and Space Museum. 

Read more
The Red Rockets' Glare: Spaceflight and the Russian Imagination, 1857–1957 Publication

Cambridge Centennial of Flight series, edited by John Anderson and Von Hardesty

Read more
Spacefarers: Images of Astronauts and Cosmonauts in the Heroic Era of Spaceflight Publication

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.

 

Read more
Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery Publication

A children's book worked on by members of the National Air and Space Museum staff. 

Read more
Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space Publication

NASA Aeronautics Book Series, NASA SP-2011-593.

Available in digital edition from NASA History Office--click on title to see link. 

Read more
Epic Adventures: Epic Flights Publication

A publication by a staff member of the National Air and Space Museum. 

Read more
John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon Publication

Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

From 2008-2009 John M. Logsdon held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum.

Read more