Neufeld, Michael John
Dr,
Neufeld, Michael John
Dr,
German rocketry; early rocket development; U.S. space and guided-missile history; planetary exploration; World War II, the Holocaust, and strategic bombing.
Positions
- Senior Curator, National Air & Space Museum
Geographic Focus
- Europe Continent
- Germany Country
- United States Country
Background And Education
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in Modern European History, Johns Hopkins University 1980 - 1984
- M.A. in Modern European History, Johns Hopkins University 1978 - 1980
- M.A. in Modern European History, University of British Columbia 1974 - 1976
- B.A. in History, University of Calgary , First Class Honours 1970 - 1974
Professional Biography
- Clarkson University, 1983-85; SUNY Oswego 1985-86; Colgate University, 1986-88; NASM fellow 1988-90; NASM Museum Curator, 1990-2014, Senior Curator, 2014-
Awards And Honors
- Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar Award, conferred by Smithsonian Institution, 2017
- Secretary's Research Prize, conferred by Smithsonian Institution, 2013
- Richard W. Leopold Prize , conferred by Organization of American Historians, 2008
- Los Angeles Time Book Prize, Finalist, conferred by Los Angeles Times, 2008
- Secretary's Research Prize, conferred by Smithsonian Institution, 2008
- Dexter Prize, conferred by Society for the History of Technology, 1997
- History Manuscript Award , conferred by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics , 1995
Public Biography
- Michael J. Neufeld is a Senior Curator in the Space History Division of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, where he is responsible for the early rocket collection and for Mercury and Gemini spacecraft. He is also the lead curator of the Destination Moon exhibit project. Born and raised in Canada, he has four history degrees, including a PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1984. Dr. Neufeld has written four books, The Skilled Metalworkers of Nuremberg (1989), The Rocket and the Reich (1995), Von Braun (2007) and Spaceflight (2018). He has edited five others: Planet Dora, The Bombing of Auschwitz, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Spacefarers, and Milestones of Space. In 2017 Secretary David Skorton gave him the Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar Award, the highest research award of the Institution.
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2023. "Lunar Wonderland: What Chesley Bonestell Didn't Know about Lunar Geology Made His Moon Mural Even More Beautiful." Air and Space Quarterly, Mar 14, 2023, 2, (2), 44–45. Washington, DC. 2023
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2022. "The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and "The Romance of Technological Progress":." Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society, 14, (1) 76–97. https://doi.org/10.3167/jemms.2022.140105. 2022
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2021. "Destination Moon: The National Air and Space Museum's New Look at Lunar Exploration." Air & Space Smithsonian, February/March, 35, (7), 32–35. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2021. "NASA, the Search for Life, and Missions to Europa." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 28, (4) 9–32. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2021. "The First Launch of a V-2 Rocket From America Was 75 Years Ago Today." Air & Space Magazine, Apr 16, 2021, Washington, DC. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2018. "Destination Moon: The Smithsonian Exhibit and the Apollo Collection." Western Pennsylvania History, 101, (no. 3 (Fall 2018)) 26–37. 2018
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2016. "The difficult birth of NASA’s Pluto mission." Physics Today, 69, (4) 40–47. https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3138. 2016
- Neufeld, Michael J. and Charles, John B. 2015. "Practicing for space underwater: inventing neutral buoyancy training, 1963–1968." Endeavour, 39, (3/4) 147–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.endeavour.2015.05.006. 2015
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2014. "First Mission to Pluto: Policy, Politics, Science, and Technology in the Origins of New Horizons, 1989–2003." Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, 44, (3) 234–276. https://doi.org/10.1525/hsns.2014.44.3.234. 2014
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2014. "Transforming solar system exploration: The origins of the Discovery Program, 1989–1993." Space Policy, 30, (1) 5–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spacepol.2013.10.002. 2014
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2013. "Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center, by Ray Monk." The Washington Post, B7. 2013
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2012. "Integrating Women into the Astronaut Corps: Politics and Logistics at NASA, 1972-2004." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 19, (2) 58–59. 2012
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2012. "Soviet Space Culture: Cosmic Enthusiasm in Socialist Societies." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 19, (3) 66–67. 2012
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2012. "The Nazi Aerospace Exodus: Towards a Global, Transnational History." History and Technology, 28, (1) 49–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/07341512.2012.662338. 2012
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2012. "The Three Heroes of Spaceflight: The Rise of the Tsiolkovsky-Goddard-Oberth Interpretation and Its Current Validity." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 19, (4) 4–13. 2012
- Winter, Frank H., Neufeld, Michael J., and Dougherty, Kerrie. 2012. "Was the rocket invented or accidentally discovered? Some new observations on its origins." Acta Astronautica, 77 131–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.03.014. 2012
- DeVorkin, David H. and Neufeld, Michael J. 2011. "Space Artifact or Nazi Weapon? Displaying the Smithsonian's V-2 Missile, 1976-2011." Endeavour, 35, (4) 187–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.endeavour.2011.08.003. 2011
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2008. "Von Braun and the Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous Decision: Finding a Way to Go to the Moon." Acta Astronautica, 63 540–550. 2008
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. "Review of Near Miss: The Army Air Forces Guided Bomb Program in World War II." The Journal of Military History, 71 1278–1279. 2007
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. "Review of Project Mars: A Technical Tale." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 14, (3) 63–63. 2007
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. "Review of Spacecraft Technology: The Early Years by Mark Williamson." Space Policy, 23 131–131. 2007
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. "Wernher von Braun's Ultimate Weapon." Bulletin of the Atomic, July/August 50–57; 78. 2007
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Blog Posting
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2022. "Learning How to Work in Space: Buzz Aldrin and Gemini XII." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jul 20, 2022. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/learning-how-work-space-buzz-aldrin-and-gemini-xii. 2022
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2022. "The Myth of John Glenn's Seven-Orbit Mission." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Feb 20, 2022. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/myth-john-glenns-seven-orbit-mission. 2022
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2022. "Why Has It Been 50 Years Since Humans Went to the Moon?" Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Dec 16, 2022. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/why-50-years-since-humans-went-moon. 2022
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2021. "Almost Blind and Completely Exhausted: Gene Cernan's Disastrous Gemini Spacewalk." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jun 4, 2021. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/almost-blind-and-completely-exhausted-gene-cernans-disastrous-gemini-spacewalk. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2021. "Enos: The Forgotten Chimp." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Nov 29, 2021. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/enos-forgotten-chimp. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2021. "First American in Space: The Flight of Alan B. Shepard." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. May 5, 2021. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/first-american-space-flight-alan-b-shepard. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2021. "Mars Project: Wernher von Braun as a Science-Fiction Writer." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jan 22, 2021. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/mars-project-wernher-von-braun-science-fiction-writer. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2021. "Spinning out of Control: Gemini VIII's Near-Disaster." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Mar 16, 2021. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/spinning-out-control-gemini-viii. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2021. "The Sinking of Liberty Bell 7: Gus Grissom's Near-Fatal Mission." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jul 21, 2021. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/sinking-liberty-bell-7-gus-grissoms-near-fatal-mission. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2020. "'Wonder Weapons' and Slave Labor." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. June 25. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/wonder-weapons-and-slave-labor. 2020
- Neufeld, Michael John. 2020. "A "Wonder Weapon" Against Japan? The American V-1." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. August 19. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/wonder-weapon-against-japan-american-v-1. 2020
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2020. "Air and Space Stories." Launch Complex 39: From Saturn to Shuttle to SpaceX and SLS Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. May 22. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/launch-complex-39-saturn-shuttle-spacex-and-sls. 2020
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2020. "Failure to Launch: The Heart-Stopping Pad Shutdown of Gemini VI-A." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Dec 12, 2020. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/heart-stopping-shutdown-gemini-vi. 2020
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2020. "The Myth of the German "Wonder Weapons"." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Apr 13, 2020. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/myth-german-wonder-weapons. 2020
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2019. "Abe Silverstein and the Race to the Moon." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jul 1, 2019. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/abe-silverstein-and-race-moon. 2019
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2019. "Bob Gilruth: Architect of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo." Air and Space Stories Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jul 3, 2019. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/bob-gilruth-architect-mercury-gemini-and-apollo. 2019
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2019. "Remembering Chris Kraft: Pioneer of Mission Control." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jul 24, 2019. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/remembering-chris-kraft-pioneer-mission-control. 2019
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2018. "First to the Moon: Apollo 8 and the Soviet Union." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Dec 21, 2018. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/first-moon-apollo-8-and-soviet-union. 2018
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2018. "What First Man Got Right About Neil Armstrong." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Oct 12, 2018. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/what-first-man-got-right-about-neil-armstrong. 2018
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2016. "Robert Goddard and the First Liquid-Propellant Rocket." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum 2016
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2016. "The First Pictures from the Moon's Surface." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum 2016
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2015. "First Mission to Pluto: The Difficult Birth of New Horizons." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jul 10, 2015. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/first-mission-to-pluto/. 2015
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2015. "Remembering Milton W. Rosen." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jan 30, 2015. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/new-events/remembering-milton-w-rosen/. 2015
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2015. "The World's First Space Rendezvous." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Dec 15, 2015. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/first-space-rendezvous/. 2015
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2015. "The World's First Space Rendezvous." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum 2015
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2014. ""'Buzz Bomb': 70th Anniversary of the V-1 Campaign."." http://blog.nasm.si.edu/ Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. June 13. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/history/buzz-bomb-70th-anniversary-of-the-v-1-campaign/. 2014
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2014. ""Vengeance Weapon 2": 70th Anniversary of the V-2 Campaign." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Sep 8, 2014. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/history/vengeance-weapon-2-70th-anniversary-of-the-v-2-campaign/. 2014
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Book
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2021. Rihalat Alfadaa: Tarikh Mujaz (Spaceflight: A Concise History). Cairo, Egypt: Hindawi Foundation. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2018. Spaceflight: A Concise History. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. In Essential Knowledge. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11232.001.0001. 2018
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2013. The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemunde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2013
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2011. Von Braun: Inżynier Nazistów i Amerykanów. Warsaw: Świat Ksiązki. 2011
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2009. Von Braun: Krigsingeniør og rumfartsvisionær. Copenhagen: Schønberg. 2009
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2009. Wernher von Braun: Visionär des Weltraums—Ingenieur des Krieges. Munich: Siedler ; Vintage Books. 2009
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. Von Braun : dreamer of space, engineer of war. 1st ed. New York: A.A. Knopf. 2007
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Chapter
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2024. "'Selling' the Moon in the 1950s." In Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps, and Matter. Shindell, Matthew B., editor. 184–185. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. 2024
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2024. "The First Moon Race—Luna versus Pioneer." In Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps, and Matter. Shindell, Matthew B., editor. 188–191. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. 2024
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2021. "Cold War-But No War-in Space." In Militarizing Outer Space: Astroculture, Dystopia and the Cold War. Geppert, Alexander C. T., Brandau, Daniel, and Siebeneichner, Tilmann, editors. 45–68. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95851-1_2. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J., Lunine, Jonathan I., Stern, S. Alan, Young, Leslie A., and Binzel, Richard P. 2021. "Early Pluto Science, the Imperative for Exploration, and New Horizons." In The Pluto System after New Horizons. Stern, S. Alan, Binzel, Richard P., Grundy, William M., Moore, Jeffrey M., and Young, Leslie A., editors. 9–20. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. In Space Science Series. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2018. "Wernher von Braun and the Development of Rocketry." In Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects. Muir-Harmony, Teasel, editor. 90–91. Washington, DC: National Geographic Books. 2018
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2017. "The Discovery Program: Competition, Innovation, and Risk in Planetary Exploration." In NASA Spaceflight: A History of Innovation. 267–290. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2017
- Neufeld, Michael J. and Charles, John B. 2017. "The Invention and Diffusion of Neutral Buoyancy Training." In History of Rocketry and Astronautics: Proceedings of the Forty-Ninth History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics. Inbar, Tal, editor. 59–71. San Diego: Univelt, Inc., for the American Astronautical Society. 2017
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2014. "Mercury Capsule Friendship 7." In Milestones of Space: Eleven Iconic Objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Neufeld, Michael J., editor. 6–19. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press. 2014
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2014. "Wernher von Brauns Faustischer Pakt." In Outer Space: Faszination Weltraum. Bundeskunsthalle, editor. 33–36. Bonn: Nicolai. 2014
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2013. "Introduction." In Spacefarers: Images of Astronauts and Cosmonauts in the Heroic Era of Spaceflight. Neufeld, Michael J., editor. 1-8. 2013
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2012. ""Smash the Myth of the Fascist Rocket Baron": East German Attacks on the Wernher von Braun in the 1960s." In Imagining Outer Space: European Astroculture in the Twentieth Century. Geppert, Alexander C. T., editor. 106–126. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2012
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2012. "The "Van Braun Paradigm" and Trends in the US Manned Space Program." In The Sixth Ilan Ramon Annual International Space Conference. 59–67. 47 2012
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2010. "The Von Braun Paradigm and NASA's Long-Term Planning for Human Spaceflight." In NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives. Dick, Steven J., editor. 325–347. Washington, DC: NASA. 2010
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2010. "V-2." In Space Exploration and Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia. American Astronautical Society and Johnson, S. B., editors. 1194–1197. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. 2010
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2010. "Wernher von Braun." In Space Exploration and Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia. American Astronautical Society and Johnson, S. B., editors. 1169–1171. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. 2010
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2009. "Ellrich (Erich, Mittelbau II)." In The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945. Vol. 1, Early Camps, Youth Camps, and Concentration Camps and Subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA). Megargee, Geoffrey P., editor. 979–981. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2009
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2009. "Ellrich/Woffleben (Lager B-12)." In The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945. Vol. 1, Early Camps, Youth Camps, and Concentration Camps and Subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA). Megargee, Geoffrey P., editor. 981. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2009
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2009. "Mittelbau Main Camp (aka Dora)." In The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945. Vol. 1, Early Camps, Youth Camps, and Concentration Camps and Subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA). Megargee, Geoffrey P., editor. 966–971. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2009
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2008. "Creating a Memory of the German Rocket Program for the Cold War." In Remembering the Space Age. Dick, Steven J., editor. 71–87. Washington, DC: NASA. 2008
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2008. "Von Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr." In New Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. VII. Koertge, Noretta, editor. 172–176. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons. 2008
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. ""One-stick" Repulsor Rocket Nozzle." In After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age. Collins, Martin J., editor. 16. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins. 2007
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. "Alan Shepard's Mercury Spacecraft Training Diagram." In After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age. Collins, Martin J., editor. 67. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins. 2007
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. "Friendship 7 Ansco Camera." In After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age. Collins, Martin J., editor. 77. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins. 2007
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. "Gemini Heat Shield." In After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age. Collins, Martin J., editor. 90. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins. 2007
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. "Gemini IV Umbilical." In After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age. Collins, Martin J., editor. 94. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins. 2007
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. "Gemini VII Spacecraft." In After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age. Collins, Martin J., editor. 105. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins. 2007
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. "Promoting Space Exploration before Sputnik: The Collier's Space Series, 1952-1954." In After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age. Collins, Martin J., editor. 36. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins. 2007
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. "Vengeance Weapon 2: The V-2 Ballistic Missile." In After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age. Collins, Martin J., editor. 22. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins. 2007
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2007. "Von Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr." In New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 172–176. Charles Scribner's Sons. 7 2007
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Review
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2022. [Book review] "David P. D. Munns & Kärin Nickelsen. Far Beyond the Moon: A History of Life Support Systems in the Space Age. Pittsburgh." Centaurus, 64, (2), 543–545. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.CNT.5.130435. 2022
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2022. [Book review] "Educating the Enemy: Teaching Nazis and Mexicans in the Cold War Borderlands." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 29, (2), 2022
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2021. [Book review] "Dark Skies: Expansionism, Planetary Geopolitics, and the Ends of Humanity, by David Deudney." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 2865, (3), 65–66. 2021
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2020. [Book review] "Ronald Reagan and the Space Frontier by John D. Logsdon." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 27, (1), 67–68. 2020
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2020. [Book review] "Taking Nazi Technology: Allied Exploitation of German Science After the Second World War, by Douglas M. O'Reagan." Central European History, 53, (3), 691–693. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008938920000679. 2020
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2020. [Book review] "The Hidden Nazi: The Untold Story of America's Deal with the Devil." Quest, 27, (3), 67–68. 2020
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2018. [Book review] "Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon." Quest, 25, (3), 71–72. 2018
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2018. [Book review] "The Long Space Age: The Economic Origins of Space Exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War." Journal of American History, 105, (1), 132–133. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jay020. 2018
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2017. [Book review] "Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 24, (1), 63–64. 2017
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2017. [Book review] "Faith 7: L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 24, (1), 72. 2017
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2017. [Book review] "How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race and the Birth of Private Space Flight." Physics Today, 70, (6), 62–64. 2017
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2017. [Book review] "The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 24, (3), 63. 2017
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2015. [Book review] "After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program, by John M. Logsdon." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 22, (4), 62–63. 2015
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2015. [Book review] "Exploration and Engineering: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Quest for Mars, by Erik M. Conway." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 22, (3), 60–61. 2015
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2015. [Book review] "No Requiem for the Space Age: The Apollo Moon Landings and American Culture, by Matthew D. Tribbe." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 22, (2), 59. 2015
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2015. [Book review] "Review: Operation Paperclip." The Space Review (online journal), 2015
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2015. [Book review] "Review: The Nazis Next Door." The Space Review (online journal), 2015
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2015. [Book review] "The Nazis Next Door: How America Became A Safe Haven for Hitler's Men, by Eric Lichtblau." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 22, (2), 62. 2015
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2015. [Book review] "The Rocket into Planetary Space, by Hermann Oberth." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 22, (2), 61. 2015
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2014. [Book review] "NASA in the World: Fifty Years of International Collaboration in Space." Technology and Culture, 55, (3), 770–772. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2014.0089. 2014
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2014. [Book review] "Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America, by Annie Jacobsen." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 21, (3), 51–52. 2014
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2013. [Book review] "Eisenhower’s Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and International Prestige, by Yanek Mieczkowski." Technology and Culture, 54, (4), 998–999. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2013.0158. 2013
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2013. [Book review] "Visionary: The Odyssey of Sir Arthur C. Clarke." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 20, (2), 58. 2013
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2012. [Book review] "50 Years of Rockets & Spacecraft: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Commemorative History by Ed Buckbee." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 19, (4), 57. 2012
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2011. [Book review] "Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era: Nuclear Antiaircraft Arms and the Cold War." The Journal of Military History, 75, (3), 971–973. 2011
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2011. [Book review] "Dark Side of the Moon: Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich, and the Space Race." Journal of Cold War Studies, 13, (4), 223–224. 2011
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2011. [Book review] "Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey." Space Policy, 27, 253–254. 2011
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2011. [Book review] "Physics and Politics: Research and Research Support in Twentieth Century Germany in International Perspective, edited by Helmuth Trischler and Mark Walker." Technology and Culture, 52, (3), 649–650. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2011.0124. 2011
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2010. [Book review] "A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon." The Journal of Military History, 74, 644–645. 2010
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2010. [Book review] "Truth, Lies and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster." Isis, 101, 644–645. 2010
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2010. [Book review] "Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster." Isis, 101, (2), 452–453. 2010
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2009. [Book review] "Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000 Year-Old Computer-and the Century-Long Search to Discover its Secrets." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 16, (2), 62–63. 2009
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2009. [Book review] "Red Prometheus: Engineering and Dictatorship in East Germany, 1945-1990." Isis, 100, 194–195. 2009
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2009. [Book review] "Trischler, Helmuth Schrogl, Kai-Uwe, eds., Ein Jahrhundert im Flug: Luft- und Raumfahrtforschung in Deutschland 1907-2007." H-German, H-Net Reviews, May, 1–2. 2009
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Webpage
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2023. Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximilian (Freiherr) von. NDB-Online. Apr 1, 2023 Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 2023
- Neufeld, Michael J. 2016. "Remembering Senator John Herschel Glenn Jr.,". 2016
Editor Of
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Book
- Neufeld, Michael J., editor. 2014. Milestones of Space: Eleven Iconic Objects from the Smithsonian Naitonal Air and Space Museum. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press. 2014
- Neufeld, Michael J., editor. 2013. Spacefarers: Images of Astronauts and Cosmonauts in the Heroic Era of Spaceflight. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2013
- Neufeld, Michael J. and Spencer, Alex M., editors. 2010. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic. 2010
Contact
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- National Air & Space Museum Academic Department
