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.
Astronaut Don Pettit performing research aboard ISS - and there's plenty more where that came from (Credits: NASA). With major construction... Read more →
Chang'e 1 lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch center (Credits: Associated Press). On July 30, China's state news agency Xinhua reported... Read more →
SMARAGD-1 launches from Launch Platform Sputnik in the Baltic Sea (Credits: Copenhagen Suborbitals). On July 27, the DIY organization Copenhagen... Read more →
The US Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) is charged with registering and regulating commercial... Read more →
HTV-3 approaching ISS on July 27 (Credits: NASA). On July 27, the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle 3 (HTV-3) was captured and berthed to the... Read more →
Testing out the Z-1 prototype (Credits: NASA). NASA's Johnson Space Center's Advanced Exploration Systems team are in the midst of developing new... Read more →
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