Merrill Mueller (January 27, 1916 – November 30, 1980) was an American journalist whose reporting included breaking the story of Hitler's invasion of Poland.

[3] Mueller attended public schools in Connecticut before taking one year at Springfield College.

[5] Amid fears of scandal if the British and American public found out about Stalin's silence, the story was suppressed and Mueller was banished from the European theatre.

During Alan Shepard's historic Freedom 7 mission on May 5, 1961, Mueller was again the broadcaster and after famously reporting, "'He looks so lonely up there …' he fell silent for the first time in his career.

[1] Mueller received an award from the Overseas Press Club for "the best reporting of foreign affairs from abroad by radio" in 1947.