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.
Moscow Mission Control lost contact with civilian satellites after a cable was accidentally cut (Credits: RIA Novosti/Vladimir Rodionov). Shortly... Read more →
ATV-3 performs a reboost maneuver while docked to ISS (Credits: ISS). At regular intervals, the International Space Station needs a propulsive... Read more →
The November 14 eclipse as seen by Solar Dynamics Observatory observers over Cairns Australia (Credits: NASA). On November 14, the northeast of... Read more →
Shenzhou-9 pulling away from Tiangong-1 in preparation for manual docking (Credits: Xinhua). On November 10, the deputy commander-in-chief of... Read more →
DARPA hopes amateur astronomers can help fill in gaps in its Space Surveillance Network (Credits: DARPA). On November 9, the US Defense Advanced... Read more →
Profile of Earth's atmosphere (Credits: John Emmert/Naval Research Laboratory). A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience indicates... Read more →
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