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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Black Wings: Courageous Stories of African Americans in Aviation and Space History
Colin Powell once observed that "a dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work." This sentiment is mirrored dramatically in the story of African Americans in aerospace history.
In Plane View: Abstractions of Flight
A publication worked on by members of the National Air and Space Museum staff.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Story of Flight
A publication by the National Air and Space Museum.
Airplanes: The Life Story of a Technology
Part of the Greenwood Technographies Series
U.S. Air Force: A Complete History
Published in conjunction with The Air Force Historical Foundation
Dictatorship of the Air: Aviation Culture and the Fate of Modern Russia
Cambridge Centennial of Flight series, edited by John Anderson and Von Hardesty
Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1: Breaking the Sound Barrier
Foreword by Chuck Yeager
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.
Inventing Flight: The Wright Brothers and Their Predecessors
American Women and Flight Since 1940
A book by a staff member of the National Air and Space Museum.