Carnival of Space #209

By Nancy Atkinson - August 9, 2011 at 5:48 PM UTC | Site News

With space bloggers scattered around the globe, the

209th edition of Carnival of Space

provides something a little different: John Williams from

Starry Critters

hosts this week and uses his TerraZoom know-how to create a Google Maps carnival, where you can click on a marker and space news will appear.

Check it out at Starry Critters!

And if you're interested in looking back, here's an

archive to all the past Carnivals of Space

. If you've got a space-related blog, you should really join the Carnival. Just email an entry to

[email protected]

, and the next host will link to it. It will help get awareness out there about your writing, help you meet others in the space community – and community is what blogging is all about. And if you really want to help out, sign up to be a host. Send an email to the above address.

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