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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Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel
New series in NASA History: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel.
Digital edition available, $37.00.
After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age
After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age offers a unique perspective on the remarkable changes wrought by spaceflight.
Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight
*NASA SP-2006-4702; document ID # 20060022843; order from https://www.sti.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ordersti.pl
Showcasing Space
This book is part of the Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology series. This series is sponsored by the Science Museum in London, the Deutsches Museum in Munich, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. Michigan State University Press is the North American publisher.
Earth from Space
A publication by a staff member of the National Air and Space Museum.
Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age
A publication by a member of the National Air and Space Museum's staff.
Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program
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.
Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis
*NASA SP-2004-4503. Monographs in Aerospace History Number 3, 1994. Reprinted July 2004. To request a free copy, call (202) 358-0384 or email histinfo@nasa.gov.
The Hubble Space Telescope
