Ron Miller

Space Exploration: Jupiter, Pioneer 11 (1991)

A renowned illustrator and author who specializes in astronomical, astronautical, and science fiction subjects, Ron Miller is an authority on early space flight and the writing of Jules Verne. He studied at the Columbus College of Art and served as an art director at the National Air and Space Museum’s Albert Einstein Planetarium before becoming a freelance illustrator in 1977. Since then, his images have been featured in many magazines and books, including The Dream Machines, his illustrated history of manned spacecraft. He has also been a production illustrator for such films as Dune and Total Recall and is a contributing editor to Air and Space and Smithsonian magazines. His art for ten U.S. postage stamps commemorates advances in exploring the solar system.