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Over 6,000 Articles Published!
  • 2 min
  • 3 years ago
  • November 14, 2022
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Tagged Nancy Atkinson, Universe Today

Over 6,000 Articles Published!

On October 25, 2022, I hit a fairly big personal and professional milestone … I published my 6,000th article on Universe Today! I’ve been writing for UT since November of 2004, so almost exactly 18 years. Early this year, I happened to […]

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A Box of Books!
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  • 6 years ago
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  • June 12, 2019
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A Box of Books!

An exciting day in any author’s life: the day a box of final copies of your books arrive! And I’m absolutely thrilled with the cover — a luminous and iridescent blue that shimmers and shines — and highlights the launch of Apollo […]

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Now Announcing: Book #2!
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  • 7 years ago
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  • August 28, 2018
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Tagged Apollo 11, Book, Nancy Atkinson, Page Street Publishing

Now Announcing: Book #2!

I’m excited to officially announce that I’m writing another book! The picture above might give you a hint about the topic… Apollo 11! The book will come out in 2019, in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing. […]

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  • 3 min
  • 8 years ago
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  • January 8, 2017
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Tagged Book, Events, Incredible Stories From Space

Book Release Day: December 20

Excellent book for the space fan on your list: https://t.co/rJZnXYMWcN @Nancy_A pic.twitter.com/fiU9CQi5JT — Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 20, 2016 December 20 is the date I had been looking forward to for quite some time. After the delay in publishing the book from […]

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  • 3 min
  • 8 years ago
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  • January 2, 2017
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Tagged David Livingston, Incredible Stories From Space, The Space Show

A Guest on “The Space Show”

I was honored to be on David Livingston’s long-running internet radio talk show about all things space, “The Space Show” on December 13, 2016 to talk about “Incredible Stories From Space.” Since it aired exactly a week before the release date for […]

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  • 2 min
  • 9 years ago
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  • November 1, 2016
  • 6 Comments on Book Update: Houston, We’ve Had a Problem
Tagged Books, Incredible Stories From Space, publishing

Book Update: Houston, We’ve Had a Problem

I have some good news and some bad news about my upcoming book, “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos.” The good news is that I received a box of the books, which […]

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  • 4 min
  • 9 years ago
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  • October 12, 2016
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The Big Reveal: Book Cover for “Incredible Stories From Space”

After nearly a year of work, thousands of miles of travel, and numerous interviews with nearly 40 NASA scientists and engineers, it is now a countdown of less than five weeks to the release of my first book, “Incredible Stories From Space: […]

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  • 4 min
  • 9 years ago
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  • January 15, 2016
  • 1 Comment on I’m Writing a Book!
Tagged Book, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Nancy Atkinson, Page Street Publishing, space exploration

I’m Writing a Book!

This week, I’ve been in California at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. I’ve been wanting to visit JPL for years and years, and until now it has never really worked out to do so. But I’m out here for a very special reason: […]

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  • 4 min
  • 11 years ago
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  • November 17, 2014
  • 1 Comment on 10 Years of Keeping Track of the Universe (Today!)
Tagged Fraser Cain, Nancy Atkinson, Universe Today

10 Years of Keeping Track of the Universe (Today!)

Today is an important milestone for me, personally and professionally. 10 years ago today I wrote my first article for Universe Today. The rest, as they say, is history. How this English Major became a science writer is a bit of a […]

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  • 2 min
  • 15 years ago
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  • September 22, 2010
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Astronomy Picture of the Day

I’m getting some new visitors to my blog today, thanks to the folks at Astronomy Picture of the Day (otherwise known as APOD) who featured a picture that I took back in March of space shuttle Discovery rolling out the launchpad at […]

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  • 8 min
  • 15 years ago
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  • March 20, 2010
  • 2 Comments on Catching Up

Catching Up

I’ve received a few emails from people wondering why I haven’t written anything on my personal blog lately. And honestly, I was surprised to look and see the last post was a month ago. I usually use Saturday mornings for catching up […]

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  • 3 min
  • 15 years ago
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  • January 22, 2010
  • 1 Comment on Hello World!

Hello World!

Welcome to my new blog! Nancy here, writing my first post on my brand-spanking new website. I’ve had a personal website for a couple of years, highlighting the writing I do for Universe Today and other sites, as well as sharing info […]

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Incredible Stories From Space

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