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.
Armstrong visiting the Washington Navy Yard in December 2011, pictured here with a model of the F9F-2 Panther he flew in the Korean War as a Naval... Read more →
Morpheus in flames following its failed test at Kennedy Space Center (Credits: NASA). In its first untethered test, the experimental lander... Read more →
A 2010 test of a solid rocket motor based on space shuttle test equipment at NASA's Marshall Spaceflight Center (Credits: NASA). Ammonium... Read more →
The ill-fated August 6 Proton-M launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome (Credits: Roscosmos). The failure of a Proton-M upper stage Breeze-M on August 6... Read more →
Even before its wheel very gently struck Martian soil on August 6, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity started taking pictures. The Mars Descent... Read more →
Sir Bernard Lovell and his telescope (Credits: PA Images). Pioneering English radio astronomer Bernard Lovell died on August 6, just short of his... Read more →
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