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).
You can explore more peer-reviewed articles, stories, and more with Smithsonian Research Online.
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United States Women in Aviation, 1919-1929
A publication by staff of the National Air and Space Museum.
Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis
The Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller
The story of the twentieth century is largely the story of the power of science and technology. Within that story is the incredible tale of the human conflict between three men-Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller-the scientists most responsible for the advent of weapons of mass destruction.
Henry Norris Russell: Dean of American Astronomers
A publication by a staff member of the National Air and Space Museum.
The Genesis of Flight: The Aeronautical History Collection of Colonel Richard Gimbel
Soaring above Setbacks: The Autobiography of Janet Harmon Bragg, African American Aviator, as told to Marjorie M. Kriz
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.
Segregated Skies: All-Black Combat Squadrons of WW II
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.
Russian Lindbergh: The Life of Valery Chkalov
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.
The Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright
Paperback reprint March 2004.
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight series.
Wings and Warriors: My Life as a Naval Aviator
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.