​Hello everyone!
Just a quick note to thank you for signing up on this list and for your interest in my work! I am heading to Hawaii today (if all goes to plan) to do some research for a book I'm currently working on with my husband Glen E. Swanson and with Jon Lomberg, the Design Director of the Voyager Golden Record that was launched into space on Voyagers 1 and 2 back in 1977. The anniversary of those flights is coming up next year and we'll have a special book coming out that is part memoir, part history, and part cultural analysis. More on that here: https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/groundbreaking-explorat...
Glen and I are due to meet with Jon next week and explore his archives with him. 
In the meantime, the book came out and has been doing well. I did a podcast with Kate Manser about the real-life applications of what I learned from the space community: https://youtu.be/yei8_SWYGBo?si=k0EPTZ7YqKcbm24r and there's a preview of the audiobook version of The Ultraview Effect available now - it's the first two minutes of the book, read by voice actor Christina Delaine: https://rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/9798318589867/
If you’ve finished The Ultraview Effect, reviews on Amazon and Goodreads really help readers discover the book. And I'd love to hear what you think directly, so feel free to send me a note. 
All the best,
Deana

Hello everyone!
 
Launch day is quickly approaching, both for my book and for the CRS-34 mission, which is the rocket launch I hope to watch from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday evening. Several friends have encouraged me to head to Florida to see the launch, including one who has actually ridden a rocket to space and said about launches that “It’s always, never, maybe, could go!” The weather is potentially rainy but not too bad (at the moment) for 7:16pm EDT, which is when the launch is supposed to take place. Fingers crossed!
This particular mission, CRS-34, is so named because it’s a “Commercial Resupply Services” (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and is the 34th Dragon mission to be sent. The rocket itself is a Falcon 9 (the Falcon was partially named after the Millennium Falcon of Star Wars renown) and the Dragon is the capsule that will actually dock with the ISS. More details here. 
In other news, I wrote an article for The Conversation about how eclipses, including the very unusual one seen by the Artemis crew, can inspire awe.
And my husband (historian Glen E. Swanson, author of An Inspired Enterprise) and I have been booked to do a joint signing at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on Sunday, June 21st (Father’s Day!) from 11am to 4pm. Come out and see us if you’ll be in the DC area!
If you happen to have pre-ordered The Ultraview Effect, you should get it soon. If you enjoy it, would you consider leaving a review on one of the big bookstore sites? This helps the algorithm introduce the book to more people. Thanks!
Ad astra in ingenti nave spatiali,
Deana

Hi everyone,
The Ultraview Effect officially launches one week from today, on May 12!
In a fun coincidence, there is currently a resupply launch to the International Space Station scheduled for the same day. Since I can't resist the idea of seeing a rocket launch on the day my book launches, I’m heading to Florida to celebrate both. As we all know, rocket launches can be scrubbed or delayed, but that uncertainty feels very appropriate for a book about awe, humility, and exploring the unknown. The book launch, however, is right on schedule!
As launch week begins, I wanted to request two quick things. First, if you’ve been thinking about ordering a copy, this would be a wonderful time to do it. Second, once you’ve read it, a review on Amazon, Goodreads, Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, or another online bookseller would be really helpful, particularly in allowing the book to become more visible to other readers.
I’ll share updates from both “launches” next week, including photos from Kennedy Space Center and, if all goes well, from the rocket launch.
Thank you so much for your encouragement and support!
Best,
Deana