Nancy Atkinson is a science journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. Atkinson recently retired from daily writing, but she formerly wrote for Universe Today, The Planetary Society, and many other outlets. Her book about the Apollo Program, Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions, shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who helped make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book, Incredible Stories From Space, tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.