Interview with Nancy at PARS3C

By Nancy Atkinson - October 9, 2010 at 2:06 PM UTC | Site News

Elizabeth Howell is a writer/blogger from Canada, and I met her when I was at Kennedy Space Center earlier this year for a space shuttle launch. She has a blog called "PARS3C" and each week she has a feature called "High 5" where she interviews a "spacey"-type person. This week, Elizabeth has interviewed me, so if you'd like to read it, head on over to her blog, where you can find out how I came to be a journalist, and what some of the articles are I'm working on for the future. And stay awhile and browse through the other articles that Elizabeth has written, too. She's got a nice writing style, and covers a large range of topics -- she was nominated for a Canadian Weblog award this year, too.

Thanks Elizabeth!

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