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 50th EELV launch went off without a hitch (Credits: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now). On June 20, an Atlas V rocket launched from Cape... Read more →
In 1998, NASA and the FAA formed the "technology partnership of the millenium" (Credits: NASA). On June 18, NASA and the US Federal Aviation... Read more →
Orbit and current location (6/15/2012) of asteroid 2011 AG5 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech). Asteroid 2011 AG5 was discovered in January 2011 and was... Read more →
Shenzhou-9 commander Jing Haipeng, the first human to board Tiangong-1 (Credits: CNTV). Shenzhou-9's three taikonauts performed a successful... Read more →
Shenzhou-9' taikonauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang (Credits: Xinhua). On June 16, China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft successfully launched... Read more →