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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Book Cover: After Sputnik

After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age

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After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age offers a unique perspective on the remarkable changes wrought by spaceflight.  

Book Cover: Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight

Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight

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*NASA SP-2006-4702; document ID # 20060022843; order from https://www.sti.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ordersti.pl

Book Cover: Showcasing Space

Showcasing Space

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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.

Book cover: Earth from Space

Earth from Space

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

Book cover: Wings paperback

Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age

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

Scan of a book cover with a blue-colored photo of a female astronaut candidate standing beside a Mercury spacecraft.

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

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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.

 

Book Cover: Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis

Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis

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*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.

Book Cover: The Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope

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Book cover: Space A Journey to Our Future

Space: A Journey to Our Future

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Book Cover: Frontiers of Space Exploration

Frontiers of Space Exploration, Second Edition

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