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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Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program Publication

Winner of the American Astronautical Society's 2005 Eugene M. Emme Award for astronautical literature. Margaret Weitekamp shows how the Women in Space program challenged prevailing attitudes about women's suitability for male-dominated vocations. The book is part of the Gender Relations in the American Experience series published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

 

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Inventing Flight: The Wright Brothers and Their Predecessors Publication Read more American Women and Flight Since 1940 Publication

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

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Howard Hughes and TWA Publication

Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.

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Lindbergh: Flight's Enigmatic Hero Publication Read more The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright Publication

The reissue of this definitive biography heralds the one-hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight. Digital edition published 2013, $21.95.

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First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane Publication

* USGPO Stock Number 024-005-0121205

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Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary Publication Read more United States Women in Aviation, 1930-1939 Publication

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

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United States Women in Aviation, 1919-1929 Publication

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

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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 42

Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program Publication

Winner of the American Astronautical Society's 2005 Eugene M. Emme Award for astronautical literature. Margaret Weitekamp shows how the Women in Space program challenged prevailing attitudes about women's suitability for male-dominated vocations. The book is part of the Gender Relations in the American Experience series published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

 

Read more
Inventing Flight: The Wright Brothers and Their Predecessors Publication Read more American Women and Flight Since 1940 Publication

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

Read more
Howard Hughes and TWA Publication

Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.

Read more
Lindbergh: Flight's Enigmatic Hero Publication Read more The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright Publication

The reissue of this definitive biography heralds the one-hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight. Digital edition published 2013, $21.95.

Read more
First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane Publication

* USGPO Stock Number 024-005-0121205

Read more
Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary Publication Read more United States Women in Aviation, 1930-1939 Publication

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

Read more
United States Women in Aviation, 1919-1929 Publication

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

Read more