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.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully 3D printed a full scale and one-tenth scale replica of an actual Extravehicular Activity (EVA) glove... Read more →
With the international space community gathered in Beijing for the 64th International Astronautical Congress, China pulled off a surprise launch of... Read more →
SpaceX's next supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) had already been bumped from December 2013 to early 2014 to give Orbital's... Read more →
We're all aware of the growing accumulation of space debris orbiting our planet, but some of these debris objects are coming back to haunt Earth in a... Read more →
Air Force General William Shelton, commander of Air Force Space Command, has indicated that the stop gap measures in place since the Air Force... Read more →
Update: The rendezvous has now been delayed to no earlier than September 28. Although initial testing of the software patch went well, time was... Read more →
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