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.
Don Pettit with ISS Expedtion 31 (Credits: Don Pettit/NASA). On September 13, astronaut Don Pettit, only months back from his third stint on... Read more →
Concept for an Innovative Space Vehicle (ISV) mission (Credits: ESA). The US Air Force's third classified X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission has... Read more →
Blast off of Proton-M/Breeze-M on November 2 from Baikonour Cosmodrome (Credits: Khrunichev). On Friday November 2, a Proton rocket with... Read more →
Preparing for EVA: Astronaut Kevin Ford plays music as his colleague sSuni Williams and Aki Hoshide dance in their spacesuits as part of their... Read more →
Progress M-17M, just before docking with the International Space Station (Credits: NASA). On October 31 at 7:41 GMT, a Soyuz-U launched from... Read more →
While there have been many proposals for preventing asteroid collisions with Earth, ranging from nuclear detonations to gravity tractors, paintballs... Read more →
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok