365 Days of Astronomy Needs a Little Help From Their Friends

By Nancy Atkinson - August 17, 2011 at 12:31 AM UTC | Site News
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As many of our readers know, I also work with the

365 Days of Astronomy podcast.

This award winning daily podcast that was supposed to last for only one year -- the

International Year of Astronomy

-- is now in its third year. Unfortunately, the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast is in trouble due to a lack of funding and audio. We've done over two and a half years -- 959 podcasts so far -- all on a shoestring and by the generous donations of audio and funds by our listeners. But things are looking a little grim, and we'd at least like to make it to the end of the year. As Pamela Gay said in

her blog post about this

, "At a certain level, it is hard to walk away from something feeling like it is halfway done. This is the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast, and we'd like to complete the 2011 calendar year."

Each 365 Days of Astronomy podcast gets at least 3,000 downloads -- some get as many as 10- 15,000 downloads. It's a wonderful way to have your voice heard, your story told. As

Phil Plait has mentioned,

365 DoA is a great venue to not only educate people about astronomy, but to get them personally involved. If you would, please

consider submitting audio

or

making a donation

to help us keep a good thing going. We know times are tough, but will appreciate any help you can provide.

Thanks!

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to 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. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com