Having wandered into professional writing and editing after a decade in engineering, science, and management, Merryl now enjoys reintegrating the dichotomy by bringing space technology and policy within reach of an interested public. After three years as Space Safety Magazine’s Managing Editor, Merryl semi-retired to Visiting Contributor and manager of the campaign to bring the International Space Station collaboration to the attention of the Nobel Peace Prize committee. She keeps her pencil sharp as Proposal Manager for U.S. government contractor CSRA.
Expedition 32 crew members at the hatchway of their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft July 10, 2012 following a final check of the vehicle (Credits:... Read more →
The active region 1520 which spit out an X class solar flare July 12, seen from the Solar Dynamic Observatory (Credits: NASA). Although the solar... Read more →
A view of Earth as seen by the receding astronaut on his one way journey (Credits: J. Popper). Artist Joseph Popper whose exhibit One Way Ticket is... Read more →
Reentry breakup illustration (Credits:TVA). On July 10, Terminal Velocity Aerospace (TVA) began operations in Atlanta, Georgia. The new company... Read more →
The Proton rocket with SES-5 satellite being erected for the second time on July 7 (Credits: Roscosmos). On July 9, the SES-5 communications... Read more →
HI-SEAS crew and alternates in a team building exercise (Credits: Damon Tucker). A 120 day Mars mission simulation known as HI-SEAS (for Hawaii... Read more →
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