Lewis, Cathleen
Fellowship Advisor National Air and Space Museum staffLewis, Cathleen
Fellowship Advisor National Air and Space Museum staffHistory of Russian and Soviet space programs; International cooperation in space; History of spacesuits; blacks in aviation and spaceflight; biological sciences in space.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Yale University
- M.A., Yale University
- Ph.D., George Washington University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2022. "Collaboration in Space and the Search for Peace on Earth." Centaurus, 64, (3) 775–777. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.CNT.5.132163. 2022
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2014. "Collecting a Spacesuit in the 21st Century." Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, 10, (4) 381–392. 2014
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2014. "What Really Happens When a Spacesuit Fails." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 21, (2) 4–10. 2014
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2014. "Why Interstellar Belongs in the Pantheon of the Best "Realistic" Science Fiction Films." Smithsonian, (November 6, 2014), 2014
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2013. "Muslims in Space: Observing Religious Rites in a New Environment." Astropolitics: The International Journal of Space Politics & Policy, 11, (1-2) 108–115. https://doi.org/10.1080/14777622.2013.802622. 2013
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2012. "Emerging Space Powers." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 19, (3) 60–61. 2012
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Blog Posting
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2020. "Revisiting the Soviet Lunar Sample Return Missions." Air and Space Stories Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. December 16. 2020
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2017. "Sputnik and the Space Age at 60." Air and Space Stories https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/sputnik-and-space-age-60. 2017
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2017. "The First Mixed-Gendered Cosmonaut Candidates." Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Mar 30, 2017. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/first-mixed-gendered-cosmonaut-candidates;. 2017
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2016. "Discovering Alan Eustace's Asymmetrical Gloves." http://blog.nasm.si.edu/ http://blog.nasm.si.edu/highlights-from-the-collection/eustaces-asymmetrical-gloves/. 2016
- Lewis, Cathleen S. and Young, Lisa. 2016. "The Mystery of Grey Spots on Apollo Glove." The National Air and Space Museum Stories 2016
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2015. "Hands and Gloves in Space." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jan 8, 2015. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/hands-and-gloves-in-space/. 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2015. "Happy Birthday to the World's First Woman in Space." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington D.C.: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. March 6. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/valentina-tershkova/. 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2015. "How Two Cold War Spacewalks Came to a Common Technological Solution." AirSpaceBlog: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. March 18. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/spacewalk-tech/. 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2015. "How do you put on an Apollo spacesuit?" AirSpaceBlog: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Aug 7, 2015. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/how-to-put-on-a-spacesuit/. 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2015. "Reboot the Suit: Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit and Kickstarter." AirSpaceBlog: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National air and Space Museum. Jul 20, 2015. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/behind-the-scenes/reboot-the-suit/. 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2015. "Remembering Frank E. Petersen Jr." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S., Young, Lisa, and Arena, Jenny. 2015. "The Shepard & Armstrong Spacesuits: 8 Fun Facts." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Aug 16, 2015. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/the-shepard-armstrong-spacesuits-8-fun-facts/. 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S., Young, Lisa, and Arena, Jenny. 2015. "The Shepard & Armstrong Spacesuits: 8 Fun Facts." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2015. "Vance Marchbanks' Contribution to Public Health Policy on Sickle Cell Disease." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington D.C.: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. February 27. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/history/vance-marchbanks/. 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2015. "What does Alan Shepard's Mercury suit have to do with Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 suit?" AirSpaceBlog: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Aug 12, 2015. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/shepard-and-armstrong/. 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2015. "Zvezda Service Module Celebrates 15 Years in Orbit." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National air and Space Museum. Aug 19, 2015. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/zvezda-service-module-celebrates-15-years-orbit. 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2014. "Seeing Inside Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit Using CT Scans." AirSpaceBlog: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National air and Space Museum. Nov 9, 2014. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/behind-the-scenes/armstrongctscan/. 2014
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2013. "The Soviet Buran Shuttle: One flight, Long History." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Nov 15, 2013. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/the-soviet-buran-shuttle-one-flight-long-history/. 2013
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2012. "Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Extravehicular Gloves and Visor." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Sep 6, 2012. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/highlights-from-the-collection/neil-armstrongs-apollo-11-extravehicular-gloves-and-visor/. 2012
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2011. "A Curator's Preamble to a Move." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jan 14, 2011. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/behind-the-scenes/a-curator%E2%80%99s-preamble-to-a-move/. 2011
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2010. "Why Yuri Gagarin Remains the First Man in Space, Even Though He Did Not Land Inside His Spacecraft." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Apr 12, 2010. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/history/why-yuri-gagarin-remains-the-first-man-in-space-even-though-he-did-not-land-inside-his-spacecraft/. 2010
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Book
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2023. Cosmonaut: A Cultural History. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.4876483. 2023
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Chapter
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2021. "Space Spies in the Open: Military Space Stations and Heroic Cosmonauts in the Post-Apollo Period, 1971-77." In Militarizing Outer Space: Astroculture, Dystopia and the Cold War. Geppert, Alexander C. T., editor. 313–341. London, England: Palgrave Macmillan. In European Astroculture. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95851-1_12. 2021
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2019. "Arnoldo Tamayo Mendez and Guion Bluford: The Last Cold War Race Battle." In NASA and the Long Civil Rights Movement. Odom, Brian S. and Waring, Stephen P., editors. 145–166. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. 2019
- Lewis, Cathleen. 2019. "The Rise, Fall, and Unexpected Rebirth of Russia’s Buran Shuttle at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements, 1988–2014." In Behind the Exhibit Displaying Science and Technology at World's Fairs and Museums in the Twentieth Century. Canadelli, Elena, Beretta, Marco, Ronzon, Laura, and Collins, Martin J., editors. 182–202. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology, 12. 2019
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2015. "Gloves: Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) Military Hamilton, Version 7 (MH-7)." In Tools: Extending Our Reach. McCarty, Cara and McQuaid, Matilda, editors. 24–25. New York: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2015. "Mark V Pressure Suit (Developmental)." In Tools: Extending Our Reach. McCarty, Cara and McQuaid, Matilda, editors. 124–125. New York: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. 2015
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2014. "Gloves: Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) Military Hamilton, Version 7 (MH-7)." In Tools: Extending Our Reach. McCarty, Cara and McQuaid, Matilda, editors. 24–25. New York: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. 2014
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2014. "Mark V Pressure Suit (Developmental)." In Tools: Extending Our Reach. McCarty, Cara and McQuaid, Matilda, editors. 124–125. New York: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. 2014
- Chullen, Cinda, Woods, Ron, Jairala, Juniper, Bitterly, Rose, McMann, Joe, and Lewis, Cathleen S. 2012. "U.S. Spacesuit Knowledge Capture Status and Initiatives." In 2012 International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES); 15-19 July 2012. San Diego, CA. 2012
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2011. "From the Kitchen into Orbit: The Convergence of Human Spaceflight and Khrushchev's Nascent Consumerism." In Into the Cosmos: Space Exploration and Soviet Culture. Andrews, James T. and Siddiqi, Asif F., editors. 213–239. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 2011
- Chullen, Cinda, Thomas, Ken, McMann, Joe, Dolan, Kristi, Bitterly, Rose, and Lewis, Cathleen S. 2011. "U.S. Spacesuit Knowledge Capture." In 41st International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES), 17-21 Jul. 2011. 33–33. Portland, Oregon: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. JSC-CN-23356 2011
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2008. "From the Cradle to the Grave: Cosmonaut Nostalgia in Soviet and Post-Soviet Film." In Remembering the Space Age: Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Conference. Dick, Steven J., editor. 253–270. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2008
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Review
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2013. [Book review] "The Cosmonaut Who Couldn't Stop Smiling: The Life and Legend of Yuri Gagarin." Russian Review, 72, (1), 170–171. 2013
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2012. [Book review] "The Spacesuit Film: A History, 1918-1969 by Gary Westfahl." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 19, (4), 61–62. 2012
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2011. [Book review] "Red Cosmos. K. E. Tsiolkovskii, Grandfather of Soviet Rocketry." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 18, (1), 58. 2011
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2011. [Book review] "Starman: The Truth behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 18, (4), 61–62. 2011
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2010. [Book review] "Heavenly Ambitions: America's Quest to Dominate Space." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 17, (2), 62–63. 2010
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Webpage
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2013. Suited for Space Comes to the National Air and Space Museum. Suited for Space. National Air and Space Museum. 2013
Presentations
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Presentation
- Lewis, Cathleen S. 2020. Access is Not Enough: Finding the Lost Opportunities to Invite, Welcome and Connect with Minorities at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum [presentation]. Artefacts XXV, October 6, 2020. Virtual (Hosted by Ingenium Canada).
Contact
Location
- National Air & Space Museum Academic Department
