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.
On July 1, South Korean President Park Geun-hye announced an ambitious lunar mission program, just six month after the nation's first successful... Read more →
The Sun has been acting out this week, with a July 1 solar prominence followed by a July 3 M-class flare. Both events were captured by the recently... Read more →
You didn't think that just because International Space Station Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield was back on Earth and retired from the Canadian... Read more →
Live footage of Proton-M launch failure on July 1, 2013 (Credits: TSENKI). At 8:38 A.M. local time on July 2, a three-stage Proton-M with Block... Read more →
A Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS-M satellites plunged to the ground less than a minute after launch. The rocket was seen to sway and spin... Read more →
PEGASUS rocket carrying IRIS is attached to the belly of a modified Lockheed L-1011 (Credits: NASA). NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph... Read more →