National Air and Space Museum

Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D.C. 20560-0311

david.devorkin@nasm.si.edu

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.