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Nancy Atkinson
Space journalist and author
Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. Currently, she writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society and Ad Astra.
Her latest book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who helped make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.
Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs.
Latest Articles
A team of scientists are pitching NASA a mission that would sample Enceladus' plumes from orbit and the surface.
The first Mars microphone, sponsored by The Planetary Society, flew aboard NASA's Polar Lander spacecraft, which crashed on the Red Planet in 1999.
A group of researchers, backed by NASA funding, wants to use solar sails and the Sun's gravity to capture an image of an exoplanet so sharp we can see continents, oceans, and clouds.
Latest Planetary Radio Appearances
The leader of the OSIRIS REx asteroid sample return mission shares more details of last week’s encounter in an exclusive interview, while we also learn about the proposed mission to look for life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
The longtime editor of outstanding online space news source Universe Today has just written about nine robotic missions of exploration in