Miriam Kramer
Miriam Kramer joined Space.com as a Staff Writer in December 2012. Since then, she has floated in weightlessness on a zero-gravity flight, felt the pull of 4-Gs in a trainer aircraft and watched rockets soar into space from Florida and Virginia. She also served as Space.com's lead space entertainment reporter, and enjoys all aspects of space news, astronomy and commercial spaceflight. Miriam has also presented space stories during live interviews with Fox News and other TV and radio outlets. She originally hails from Knoxville, Tennessee where she and her family would take trips to dark spots on the outskirts of town to watch meteor showers every year. She loves to travel and one day hopes to see the northern lights in person. Miriam is currently a space reporter with Axios, writing the Axios Space newsletter. You can follow Miriam on Twitter.
Latest articles by Miriam Kramer
Have a Space Valentine's Day with These Cosmic e-Cards
By Miriam Kramer published
Send a Valentine's Day card to your spacey sweetheart this year courtesy of the European Space Agency.
Mars One Candidates Speak Out in 'If I Die On Mars' Short Film
By Miriam Kramer published
Would you die on Mars? The Guardian interviewed three people that want to do just that as part of Mars One — a privately funded one-way mission to Mars planned to launch in the 2020s.
LEGO Death Star Is Nearly Operational at LEGOLAND California (Video)
By Miriam Kramer published
These Spectacular Comet Photos from Rosetta Will Only Get Better
By Miriam Kramer published
A European spacecraft orbiting a comet continues to beam incredible photos of the icy, dusty cosmic body back to Earth.
SpaceX Launches DSCOVR Space Weather Satellite, But No Rocket Landing
By Miriam Kramer published
A private rocket carrying a space weather satellite, built to help warn Earthlings before a potentially dangerous solar storm strikes the planet, blasted off to orbit today from Florida.
SpaceX Dragon Capsule Leaves Space Station for Ocean Splashdown
By Miriam Kramer published
SpaceX's robotic Dragon capsule is on its way back to Earth after spending one month attached to the International Space Station, marking the start of a big day for the private spaceflight company.
4 Fun Ways 'Jupiter Ascending' Shows Off Space Science
By Miriam Kramer published
The new movie "Jupiter Ascending" takes viewers on a wild ride through the solar system and beyond.
SpaceX Launch of DSCOVR Satellite, Rocket Landing Try Delayed to Tuesday
By Miriam Kramer published
The launch of a new satellite designed to monitor space weather has been delayed another day.
Curiosity Rover Drills Into Mars Mountain, Tastes Acidic Rock
By Miriam Kramer published
Best Space Stories of the Week – Feb. 8, 2015
By Miriam Kramer published
From Jupiter and the moon's dance to a mock mission on Mars, this has been a big week for news. Here are Space.com's picks for the biggest space stories of the week.
NASA Probe Spies Mars Rover Curiosity from Space (Photo)
By Miriam Kramer published
It's a Red Planet two-for-one! A spacecraft orbiting Mars snapped an amazing photo of another probe on the Martian surface.
Amazing New Nebula Photo Uncovers 2 New Stars (Video)
By Miriam Kramer published
An amazing new photo of a famous nebula reveals two previously undiscovered and very distant stars.
White House Seeks $18.5 Billion NASA Budget, with Deep Space in Mind
By Miriam Kramer published
Our 5 Favorite Super Bowl Commercials with a Space Twist
By Miriam Kramer published
Even the Super Bowl had something for space fans. Quite a few advertisers used the glory of outer space to their advantage last night (Feb. 1) during the big game.
Hubble Space Telescope Could Survive Through 2020, Scientists Say
By Miriam Kramer published
Scientists working with the long-lived Hubble Space Telescope say that the intrepid eye on the sky could continue functioning through 2020, and even beyond.
NASA Launches Satellite to Get the Dirt on Earth's Dirt
By Miriam Kramer published
NASA newest Earth-observing mission has just launched to the ultimate height to study the dirt below our feet.
NASA Calls Off Satellite Launch Minutes Before Liftoff Due to Winds
By Miriam Kramer published
The launch of NASA's newest Earth-gazing satellite will have to wait another day due to high winds that made launch too risky Thursday (Jan. 29).
NASA Launching New Earth-watching Satellite Today: Watch It Live
By Miriam Kramer published
NASA is scheduled to launch its next Earth-observing satellite today (Jan. 29) from California, and you can watch the liftoff live online.
10 Space Movies to Watch in 2015
By Miriam Kramer published
From movies based on best-selling books to the newest "Star Wars" installment, 2015 should be a big year for movies geared toward space fans.
SpaceX's Reusable Mega-Rocket Plan Is Simply Amazing (Video)
By Miriam Kramer published
An amazing new video from SpaceX shows the spaceflight company's incredible plans for a reusable mega-rocket.
NASA Launching Satellite Thursday to Track Earth's Dirt from Space
By Miriam Kramer published
NASA's next Earth-observing satellite is ready to launch Thursday (Jan. 29), and it could vastly improve the way scientists monitor droughts around the world.
SpaceX's Elon Musk Guest Stars in Spacey 'Simpsons' Episode
By Miriam Kramer published
In the newest episode of the long-running cartoon TV show, SpaceX founder Elon Musk is "quietly" traveling the United States in his crewed Dragon spacecraft searching for something to inspire him.
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