The stamp is now in the Guinness Book of World Records as having traveled further than any other postage stamp in history. The Pluto stamp was attached to the spacecraft before launch. One of the stamps in the Space Exploration series (1991), is credited with helping inspire the New Horizons mission to that planet. He designed a set of ten commemorative postage stamps for the U.S. His original paintings are in numerous private and public collections, including the Smithsonian Institution and the Pushkin Museum (Moscow). Miller's book The Dream Machines, a comprehensive 744-page history of crewed spacecraft, was nominated for the International Astronautical Federation's Manuscript Award and won the Booklist Editor's Choice Award. He has acted as a consultant on Verne for Walt Disney Imagineering (for the Paris Disneyland) and A&E Television Network's Biography series. Miller has translated and illustrated new editions of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, From the Earth to the Moon and Journey to the Center of the Earth as well as a companion/atlas to Verne's works, Extraordinary Voyages. He left there in 1977 to become a freelance illustrator and author to date he has nearly sixty book titles to his credit, and his illustrations have appeared on hundreds of book jackets, book interiors and in magazines such as National Geographic, Reader's Digest, Scientific American, Smithsonian, Analog, Starlog, Air & Space, Astronomy, Sky & Telescope, Science et Vie, Newsweek, Natural History, Discover, GEO and others. He worked as a commercial artist and designer for six years, before taking a position as art director for the National Air and Space Museum's Albert Einstein Planetarium. He holds a BFA from Columbus, Ohio, College of Art and Design. Miller was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He now specializes in astronomical, astronautical and science fiction books for adults and young adults. Ron Miller (born May 8, 1947) is an American illustrator and writer who lives and works in South Boston, Virginia.
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