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.
 

Showing 1 - 10 of 22

Igor Sikorsky, The Russian Years Publication

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

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Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering Publication

Eight volumes, plus index.  Volume 1, chapters 3 and 4, by John D. Anderson, Jr.

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Only the Wing: Reimar Horten's Epic Quest to Stabilize and Control the All-Wing Aircraft Publication

Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Radioisotope Power Systems: An Imperative for Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Space Exploration Publication

Dr. Roger D. Launius, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, is a member of the Radioisotope Power Systems Committee, National Research Council of the National Academies.

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Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War (paperback) Publication

Winner of the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award of the American Astronautical Society, 2008; winner of the Richard W. Leopold Prize of the Organization of American Historians, 2008; winner of a Secretary of the Smithsonian's Research Prize, 2008.

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Internet Alley: High Technology in Tysons Corner, 1945-2005 Publication

Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series

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The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, Volume I: The Ascent of the Airplane Publication

*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 

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Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War Publication

Winner of the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award of the American Astronautical Society, 2008; winner of the Richard W. Leopold Prize of the Organization of American Historians, 2008; winner of a Secretary of the Smithsonian's Research Prize, 2008.

Read more
Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, Fifth Edition Publication

McGraw-Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering

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Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers: A History of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics...and What Came Before Publication

Written on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the AIAA.

Read more

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.
 

Showing 1 - 10 of 22

Igor Sikorsky, The Russian Years Publication

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

Read more
Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering Publication

Eight volumes, plus index.  Volume 1, chapters 3 and 4, by John D. Anderson, Jr.

Read more
Only the Wing: Reimar Horten's Epic Quest to Stabilize and Control the All-Wing Aircraft Publication

Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Read more
Radioisotope Power Systems: An Imperative for Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Space Exploration Publication

Dr. Roger D. Launius, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, is a member of the Radioisotope Power Systems Committee, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Read more
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War (paperback) Publication

Winner of the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award of the American Astronautical Society, 2008; winner of the Richard W. Leopold Prize of the Organization of American Historians, 2008; winner of a Secretary of the Smithsonian's Research Prize, 2008.

Read more
Internet Alley: High Technology in Tysons Corner, 1945-2005 Publication

Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series

Read more
The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, Volume I: The Ascent of the Airplane Publication

*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 

Read more
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War Publication

Winner of the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award of the American Astronautical Society, 2008; winner of the Richard W. Leopold Prize of the Organization of American Historians, 2008; winner of a Secretary of the Smithsonian's Research Prize, 2008.

Read more
Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, Fifth Edition Publication

McGraw-Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering

Read more
Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers: A History of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics...and What Came Before Publication

Written on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the AIAA.

Read more