David H. DeVorkin
Senior Curator, Astronomy and the Space Sciences
Division of Space History
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012
NASM 3559, MRC 311
Washington, DC 20013-7012202-633-2425
Research Interests
History of 20th century astronomy and astrophysics; origin and development of the space sciences.
Current Research Projects
Bailey's Mules: Stories of how Astronomers Overcame the Earth's Atmosphere;
The Transformation of a Scientific Institution by the Cold War: The Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory, 1955 - 1970
Current or Projected Exhibits
"Explore the Universe" - major permanent gallery opened in September
2001
Recent Publications
(ed) Beyond Earth, National Geographic Society, 2002,
Henry Norris Russell: Dean of American Astronomers. Princeton, 2000.
(ed.) The American Astronomical Society's First Century. AIP, 1999.
Science with a Vengeance. Springer, 1993.
Race to the Stratosphere. Springer, 1986.