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.
The Soyuz TMA-03M floats down through the clouds before depositing its crew safely in Kazakstan (Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls). On July 1, three... Read more →
Ground crew help the Shenzhou-9 taikoanuts out of their capsule (Credits: Shanghai Daily). On June 29, the three member Shenzhou-9 crew landed in... Read more →
MDA's Canadarm flew for the first time on Space Shuttle mission STS-2, Nov. 1981 (Credits: NASA). MacDonald, Dettwile & Associates (MDA) has... Read more →
Asteroid 2012 LZ1 as photographed by the Arecibo Observatory (Credits: Arecibo). Asteroid 2012 LZ1 was discovered on June 10, 2012 and classified... Read more →
Shenzhou-9 pulling away from Tiangong-1 in preparation for the manual docking (Credits: Xinhua/Zha Chunming). On June 24, six days after... Read more →
A plane drops flame retardant in wildfire containment efforts in Colorado (Credits: Joe Amon/Denver Post). Firefighting efforts to contain the... Read more →