Categories: Astronomy

Starlight Zone Interview

Update: A recorded version of the interview is available here or just listen in the embedded media below.

Nancy will be on the Starlight Zone today at 3:50 Central time (20:50 GMT) for a 5 minute interview with Col Maybury about the new Phobos images from Mars Express. The Starlight Zone is on Australian radio station 2NUR from the Univeristy of Newcastle. Here’s the link to the radio station’s webpage, and to listen live, click on “Listen” link on the left nagivation bar. I’ll also post the link to a recorded version when its available.

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy has been with Universe Today since 2004. She is the author of a new book on the Apollo program, "Eight Years to the Moon," which shares the stories of 60 engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make landing on the Moon possible. Her first book, "Incredible Stories from Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos" tells the stories of those who work on NASA's robotic missions to explore the Solar System and beyond.

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