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 source of a leak in Astronaut Luca Parmitano's spacesuit that prompted a premature return to the International Space Station for space walkers... Read more →
Yes, he's still a sensation! This is a great interview with Chris Hadfield from NPR. Here's a sample: For thousands of years, people sailed in... Read more →
The Space Fence program is one initiative USSTRATCOM is undertaking to improve space situational awareness (Credits: Lockheed Martin). It looks... Read more →
Shenzhou 10 brought back more than its crew from space. The capsule carried Chinese Medicine seeds, irradiated in the hopes of improving potency and... Read more →
Spacesuits lay idle until a leak in Parmitano's suit, pictured left, can be found and resolved (Credits: NASA). NASA seems to be making progress in... Read more →
Former cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, left, the first man to perform a spacewalk, passed an Olympic Torch to Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer of Expedition... Read more →
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