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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Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary
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.
Artifacts of Flight
Artifacts of Flight celebrates the history of air travel--and space travel--by presenting not only some of the most famous but also some of the most intriguing objects in the National Air and Space Museum collection.
Flight, a Celebration of 100 Years in Art and Literature
One Hundred Years of Flight: A Chronicle of Aerospace History, 1903-2003
Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century
Milestones of Aviation
Updated from 1995 edition, with new final chapter.
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Book of Flight, Revised Edition
For ages 10 and up.
United States Women in Aviation, 1930-1939
A publication by staff of the National Air and Space Museum.
United States Women in Aviation, 1919-1929
A publication by staff of the National Air and Space Museum.