The Perfect Gift for Every Space Enthusiast: the Year in Space Calendar 2017

By Nancy Atkinson - December 12, 2016 at 9:04 AM UTC | Site News
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I love it when December rolls around every year because I know it's time to order the Year In Space Calendars! This is our most-recommended holiday gift every year and for 2017, these calendars – whether it's the gigantic wall calendar or the spiral-bound desk calendar -- are full of amazing color images, daily space facts, and historical references. These calendars even show you where you can look in the sky for all the best astronomical sights.

These calendars are the perfect gift every space enthusiast will enjoy all year.

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A close look at a page from the 2017 Year in Space Wall Calendar. Courtesy Steve Cariddi. [/caption]

The gorgeous wall calendar has over 120 crisp color images and is larger, more lavishly illustrated, and packed with more information than any other space-themed wall calendar. It's a huge 16? x 22? when hanging up.

The Year In Space calendars take you on a year-long guided tour of the Universe, providing in-depth info on human space flight, planetary exploration, and deep sky wonders. You'll even see Universe Today featured in these calendars!

The Year in Space calendars normally sell for $19.95, but Universe Today readers can buy the calendar for only $14.95 or less (using the "Internet" discount), with additional discounts that appear during checkout if you buy more than 1 copy at a time.

Check out all the details here.

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A close look at the 2017 Year in Space Wall Calendar. Courtesy Steve Cariddi. [/caption]

Other features of the Year In Space calendar: – Background info and fun facts – A sky summary of where to find naked-eye planets – Space history dates – Major holidays (U.S. and Canada) – Daily Moon phases – A mini-biography of famous astronomer, scientist, or astronaut each month

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The 2017 Year in Space desk calendar. Image courtesy Steve Cariddi/Year in Space.[/caption]

The 136-Page Desk Calendar is available at a similar discounts. The desk calendar also includes a Monthly Sky Summary, which is a handy month-by-month list of what's visible in the night sky, such as conjunctions, meteor showers, eclipses, planet visibility, and more. Plus there's information on planetary exploration, including a comprehensive look at what to expect from the many planetary missions taking place in the year ahead.

You can preview and place your orders at the Year in Space Calendar website.

Because all shipping is handled through Amazon this year, currently calendars can only ship to US addresses.

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