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.
Rendition of Dragon approaching ISS (Credits: NASA/SpaceX). On January 4, ISS crew Commander Dan Burbank, Flight Engineer Don Petit and ESA... Read more →
Sale of several space artifacts, including a checklist used in the Apollo 13 mission, has been halted in response to an ownership challenge from... Read more →
NASA's Human Exploration Telerobotics project aims to create robotic systems that complement the crew during space missions. Small flying... Read more →
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity, which launched on November 26 and is now en route to Mars, has begun taking measurements with RAD. RAD... Read more →
Perfoming a rendezvous and landing operation on a comet is a risky task due to comets' rotational rates, rugged surface, and low gravity. NASA is... Read more →
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