Win the Book "Light This Candle"

By Nancy Atkinson - May 05, 2011 05:38 PM UTC | Site News

As we said in our

previous article,

Alan Shepard was a complicated guy -- but seemingly the perfect person for the job of being the first American in space. Want to know more about him? Neal Thompson's book "

Light This Candle: The Life and Times of Alan Shepard"

is a great read, which comes highly recommended! (

See our article and interview with Thompson

-- plus our Jason Major has reviewed the book on his

Lights in the Dark website.)

Thanks to the Crown Publishing Group at Random House, Universe Today has three copies of the book to giveaway!

How to win? Just send an email to

[email protected]

and put "Shepard Book" in the subject line to enter the contest. Fraser will choose three winners randomly and we'll notify you via email. The contest will end on Monday, May 9 at 12 Noon PDT. Good luck!

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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