- Illustrator of 10 books including Willy Ley's 1949 classic "The Conquest of Space".
- Produced at least 50 cover illustrations for the major science-fiction magazines.
- Painted a 10 x 40 foot mural for the Boston Museum of Science, later moved to the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC.
- "Bonestell" has three syllables.
- His first astronomical painting was done in 1905: after seeing Saturn through the 12-inch telescope at San Jose's Lick Observatory, he rushed home to paint what he'd seen. The painting was destroyed in the fire that followed the 1906 earthquake.
- As well as working on the Golden Gate Bridge, he also designed the facade of the Chrysler Building in New York and the memorial at Plymouth Rock (Massachusetts, USA), and he co-designed the scenic 17-Mile Drive in Monterey (California, USA).
- Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
- An asteroid and a crater on Mars are both named Bonestell in his honor.
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