The National Air and Space Museum staff write a wide variety of aviation and space publications, including books on 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 Texas A&M University Press and Cambridge University Press.

New Publications

		Spacesuits: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Collection, by Amanda Young, photographs by Mark Avino, powerHouse Books, 2009, hardcover ISBN 978-1-57687-498-1, $29.95, 6.75 x 12 inches, 152 pages. Foreword by Thomas P. Stafford, Introduction by Allan Needell
		Smithsonian Atlas of Space Exploration, by Roger D. Launius and Andrew K. Johnston, HarperCollins Publishers, 2009, hardcover ISBN 978-0-06-156526-7, $34.99, 9 x 12 inches, 230 pages.
		Lighter Than Air: An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships, by Tom D. Crouch, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, hardcover ISBN 978-0-8018-9127-4, $35.00, 8.25 x 8.25 inches, 192 pages.
		Conquistadors of the Sky, by Dan Hagedorn, University Press of Florida, 2008, hardcover ISBN 978-0-8130-3249-8, $39.95, 6 x 9 inches, 616 pages.

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