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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Bleriot XI: The Story of a Classic Aircraft
Famous Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Volume 5
Red Phoenix Rising: The Soviet Air Force in World War II
A publication by staff of the National Air and Space Museum.
Airlines of the Jet Age, A History
The ultimate resource for information on modern air transport.
Introduction to Flight, Seventh Edition
A publication worked on by a staff member of the National Air and Space Museum.
Only the Wing: Reimar Horten's Epic Quest to Stabilize and Control the All-Wing Aircraft
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Epic Adventures: Epic Flights
A publication by a staff member of the National Air and Space Museum.
Britain's Airlines, Volume Three: 1964 to Deregulation
A book by a member of the National Air and Space Museum's staff.
In the Cockpit II: Inside History-Making Aircraft of World War II
In the Cockpit II: Inside History-Making Aircraft of World War II provides close-up access to the instrument panels, controls, and crew stations of 34 legendary World War II aircraft in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's impressive collection.
The Legacy of Flight: Images from the Archives of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
A publication worked on by staff of the National Air and Space Museum.
Flight (Insiders Series)
Available from the UK, ISBN 978 1 84011 736 3, £9.99.