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 September 10, the last three members of International Space Station Expedition 36 landed in Kazakhstan. At the time, it seemed like a... Read more →
After much back and forth, a new study seems to have determined once and for all that Voyager 1 is in interstellar space. "We literally jumped... Read more →
The Proton rocket, which has been grounded ever since a July 2 explosion just after launch, was scheduled to return to flight on September 17... Read more →
NASA lost contact with its Deep Impact probe on August 8 and has been unable to reestablish communication. Mission controllers postulate that... Read more →
CleanSpace One is a Swiss mission to test space debris capture and deorbit technology. Developed by the Swiss Space Center at Ecole Polytechnique... Read more →
Astronaut Luca Parmitano is back with another thought-provoking blog entry, this one on the subject of fear. One of the questions I am often asked... Read more →
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