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.
On April 27, the Space Shuttle Enterprise was flown aboard a shuttle aircraft carrier from Virginia to New York, where it will be put on display... Read more →
An ultraviolet image of a solar flare captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (Credits: NASA). Heading into the 2013 solar maximum, more... Read more →
On the morning of April 22, a fireball the size of a minivan exploded over California and Nevada with the energy of 4 kilotons of TNT. In... Read more →
A study by the Russian Academy of Sciences has indicated that ISS currently has a population of 76 microorganisms, some of them hazardous. The... Read more →
A Plutonium-238 pellet used for Radioisotope Thermal Generators (Credits: US Department of Energy). NASA has powered deep space missions with... Read more →