Starlight Zone Interview

By Nancy Atkinson - August 07, 2008 12:46 PM UTC | Stars

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.

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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