David A. Aguilar

Award-Winning Astronomer, Author, Space Artist, Speaker

David A. Aguilar is a naturalist, astronomer, author and space artist. His expertise lies in presenting the fascinating connections between the universe and ourselves.

He is the award-winning author and illustrator of seven National Geographic books including "ALIEN WORLDS";  "13 PLANETS";  and "SPACE ENCYCLOPEDIA". His next book, "COSMIC CATASTROPHES" will be published by Random House in June 2016. 

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CHESLEY BONESTELL now showing on ISS


The year 2020 is a major milestone for the International Space Station. This coming November, the station will celebrate 20 years of continuous operation with a human crew aboard. 2020 also marks a very historic moment in the legacy of Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986).

Known as “The Father of Space Art,” Chesley used outer space, planets, moons, and galaxies as the subject matter for countless numbers of his paintings.  He once said, “Space, to me, is the infinite cosmos— the ultimate mystery.”  Born in the days before automobiles and airplanes, Chesley lived to witness great accomplishments in space exploration, just like his artwork predicted. He never got the chance to explore space himself, but just recently, something remarkable happened. On March 12, 2020, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston confirmed that the documentary film of his life, Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future, had been transmitted to the International Space Station (ISS) for the “Expedition 62” crew to watch and enjoy. Click here for screening dates

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