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.
A rare Venus transit took place June 5-6. The planet can next be seen to cross the Sun from the Earth's perspective in 2117. The transit was... Read more →
The U-2 in flight, where it prefers to be (Credits: USAF/Getty Images). The enigmatic US Air Force space plane X-37B, widely considered to be a... Read more →
On June 3, two Space Shuttles were on the move. The Enterprise flight model took to the seas on a barge in an attempt to reach its new home, the New... Read more →
On the one year anniversary of Copenhagen Suborbitals' June 3, 2011 test launch of their HEAT1X rocket carrying the Tycho-Brahe spacecraft, the... Read more →
Mars One is an organization of four people, formed in secret in 2011. But now, having secured agreements with major industrial partners and... Read more →