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Carmen Saldana – See inside the Solar System

Blast off to explore our Solar System – from the fearsome heat of the Sun to the freezing distant planets, plus moons, asteroids and more. Discover how humans are planning to visit Mars, what you would weigh on Jupiter and what makes Venus so deadly.

‘See inside the Solar System’ illustrated by Carmen Saldana for Usborne is available from June.

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Andy Potts – BBC Science Focus

Andy‘s new animated cover illustration for BBC Science Focus’ latest issue on the theme of First Contact and what happens if we discover an extra terrestrial signal.

The brief was to visualise this alien message with a silhouetted onlooker in a spartan night time landscape. Andy’s design was inspired by scenes from Contact, Arrival and Close Encounters.

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Susan Batori – Letters from Space

Astronaut Clayton Anderson spent 152 days in space aboard the International Space Station – and while he didn’t mail dozens of letters back to Earth (they would have burned up on reentry!), imagine if he did!

These letters from space are full of weird science, wild facts, and outrageous true stories from life in space, complete with hysterical illustrations from Susan Batori.

‘Letters from Space’, available from Sleeping Bear Press.

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Richard Davies – Flight of the Navigator

Richard Davies‘ awesome cover artwork for the Flight of the Navigator Limited Edition 4K blu Ray commissioned by Second Sight Films.

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Robert Filip – Moonblaster

Robert Filip‘s brilliant ‘Moonblaster’ vector illustration is the perfect blend of retro & futuristic!

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Andy Potts: Agent 23 Skidoo – Infinity Plus One

Andy Potts recently completed a fun commission to create the artwork for American family hip hop artist Secret Agent 23 Skidoo’s new album, Infinity Plus One. Working with the artist Cactus Skidoo the brief was to create illustrations that reflected the ‘intergalactic space funk’ of the music and a child-like wonder for the cosmos. The artwork is primarily for the packaging with the CD design itself based on the Voyager Golden Record launched into space on the classic ’77 mission. The packaging also features glow-in-the-dark elements on the front and back.

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Sophie Burrows – ‘space walk’ scene

Sophie Burrows‘ fab illustration puts a whole new spin on the concept of a ‘space walk’!!

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David Bromley – linocut illustrations

David Bromley has illustrated this outer space piece for the Financial Times and a rather musical linocut pig.

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