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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Conquistadors of the Sky
Conquistadors of the Sky celebrates the aviation achievements of 21 Latin American nations over the last 100 years, making this chronicle of heroic ventures and epic flights the best reference available on the subject.
Airplanes: The Life Story of a Technology (paperback)
The invention of the airplane redefined the way in which people travel, conduct commerce, spend their leisure time, and wage war.
Britain's Airlines, Volume Two: 1951-1964
A book by a member of the National Air and Space Museum staff.
Britain's Airlines, Volume One: 1946-1951
A publication by a member of the National Air and Space Museum staff.
Curtiss Fighter Aircraft: A Photographic History, 1917-1918
A publication by a staff member of the National Air and Space Museum.
Modern Compressible Flow: with Historical Perspective, Third Edition
A publication worked on by members of the National Air and Space Museum staff.
Nieuport 28: America's First Fighter
A publication worked on by members of the National Air and Space Museum staff.
America by Air
A companion book to the America by Air exhibition at the Museum. Available from the Museum Store, tel: 202-357-1387.
The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, Volume I: The Ascent of the Airplane
*NASA/SP-2003-4409/VOL1, Document ID 20040031410, price code A99 (within U.S. $35.00 plus $2.00 S&H). Order online at: https://www.sti.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ordersti.pl.
The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, Volume II: Reinventing the Airplane
*NASA/SP-2007-4409/VOL2, Document ID 20070039007, price code EA7 (within U.S. $35.00 plus $2.00 S&H, outside U.S. $70.00 plus $17.00 S&H). Order online at: https://www.sti.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ordersti.pl.