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
![The space station from the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey."](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/38gJ9ZVJEkvyK9jCGjsUSm-320-80.jpg)
Arthur C. Clarke's '3001: The Final Odyssey' to Be Syfy Miniseries
By Miriam Kramer published
Syfy is adapting Arthur C. Clarke's much lauded novel, "3001: The Final Odyssey" into a television miniseries, the network announced Monday (Nov. 3).
![This image shows the aftermath of the Antares rocket explosion, which took place on Oct. 28, 2014. The photo was taken from the air on Oct. 29.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KooevSkoUXYdiMvXw6Uqz9-320-80.jpg)
Orbital Sciences Forms Investigation Team for Antares Rocket Explosion
By Miriam Kramer published
The private spaceflight company Orbital Sciences has put together an investigation team to do a deep dive into what went wrong when the firm's Antares rocket exploded shortly after launch on Oct. 28.
![Mike Alsbury](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8N9XJGRaXCiPyZqkX5hAvj-320-80.png)
Memorial Fund for SpaceShipTwo Pilot Michael Alsbury Raises Over $55,000
By Miriam Kramer published
The friends and co-workers of the co-pilot who died in Virgin Galactic's tragic SpaceShipTwo accident Friday (Oct. 31) have raised more than $55,000 for his family via crowdfunding.
![Jupiter-sized sunspot AR 12192](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AESa3yrfUxWXFthrcK4JDb-320-80.jpg)
Largest sunspot in 24 years wows scientists, but also mystifies
By Miriam Kramer published
The biggest sunspot to grace the face of the sun in more than two decades is rotating out of view, but it was responsible for kicking up some truly amazing solar activity this week.
![Wreckage from Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo spacecraft is seen after the vehicle crashed on Oct. 31, 2014 during a test flight out of the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NsQTrkdiXGdVDmUqm2upRh-320-80.jpg)
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Crashes in Test Flight: 1 Dead, 1 Injured
By Miriam Kramer published
![Virgin Galactic's first SpaceShipTwo passenger spaceliner and its WhiteKnightTwo carrier craft prepare to take off on the fourth rocket-powered flight test of the spacecraft on Oct. 31, 2014 at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s5Xvu88LbmVakJD7xHU2v-320-80.jpg)
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Spacecraft Crashes During Test Flight
By Miriam Kramer published
SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's passenger spacecraft, experienced an 'anomaly' during its fourth rocket-powered test flight on Friday, Oct. 31. See the latest details here.
![Antares Rocket Explosion](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cHffeZFUe2BEEhHTQV7eCE-320-80.jpg)
Orbital Sciences Pieces Together Timeline of Antares Rocket Explosion
By Miriam Kramer published
![Sun photo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3QmRa7kxAFVf6GBPyZaEW4-320-80.jpg)
5 Spooky Space Views for Halloween
By Miriam Kramer published
Outer space can be a spooky place. Halloween on Earth usually brings out the ghouls and werewolves in neighborhoods around the United States, but what are some of the most unsettling sights in space?
![Antares rocket explosion aftermath](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2eCuDRapZEHVysC8wKbhqN-320-80.jpg)
NASA Surveys Damage from Antares Rocket Explosion (Photos)
By Miriam Kramer published
NASA and the private spaceflight company Orbital Sciences Corp. have started surveying the damage left behind after a rocket explosion on Tuesday evening (Oct. 28).
![The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard suffers a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TzYxiEoiMUxmQom2xtVmEZ-320-80.jpg)
Antares Rocket Explosion: Space Station Astronauts React
By Miriam Kramer published
Astronauts on the International Space Station watched as a private rocket carrying supplies for the orbiting outpost exploded just after launch.
![n/a](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YqWRLu3kEjrKaegWto9QbP-320-80.jpg)
RIP, Drain Brain: Science Experiments Lost in Antares Rocket Explosion
By Miriam Kramer published
When a private rocket exploded just after launch Tuesday (Oct. 28), science experiments developed by students, professional researchers and private companies went up in smoke.
![An unmanned robotic vehicle docks to the International Space Station above the blue Atlantic Ocean.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/poxYiF8agGLaWpNydJSeaf-320-80.jpg)
Robotic Russian Supply Ship Docks to International Space Station
By Miriam Kramer published
![Rachel Kraft, NASA public affairs officer, left, Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Advanced Program Group at Orbital Sciences Corp., center, Bill Wrobel, director of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, right, take questions fro](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BkTMPsY33oUsqXJ6PijwB6-320-80.jpg)
Private Rocket Explosion Sparks Investigation by NASA, Orbital Sciences
By Miriam Kramer published
The private spaceflight company Orbital Sciences Corp. is launching an investigation into the explosion of its Antares rocket just after liftoff tonight (Oct. 28).
![NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore (left) and Reid Wisman (right) speak with NASA administrator Charles Bolden on Oct. 28, 2014.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KwPHh3LY4gBLduouuo7S43-320-80.png)
Tasty! Astronaut's Favorite Crab Cakes Headed for Space (Video)
By Miriam Kramer published
A private spacecraft expected to launch to the International Space Station today (Oct. 28) is going to deliver some tasty treats to the astronauts living aboard the orbiting outpost.
![X2-class solar flare](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yEBT9oBPCi4E5g7oqAeLyH-320-80.jpg)
Giant Sunspot Keeps Firing Off Huge Solar Flares
By Miriam Kramer published
The largest sunspot observed on the sun in more than 20 years has been firing off powerful solar flares for the past week, and it's still producing strong solar storms.
![SpaceX Falcon 9](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NTYF2P2SG2viQrXjLCAFMU-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX to Try Rocket Landing on Floating Ocean Platform, Elon Musk Says
By Miriam Kramer published
![Photographer Shreenivasan Manievannan in South Carolina captured this view of the partial solar eclipse of Oct. 23, 2014 through fog and power lines, revealing an ethereal view of the event and giant sunspots on the sun.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/keuAsAYEVoGwxshDqWtr5Z-320-80.jpg)
Partial Solar Eclipse Wows Skywatchers Across North America (Photos, Video)
By Miriam Kramer published
A partial solar eclipse darkened the skies above much of North America this evening.
![Astronauts on Mars](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aGJamykq7o4Aeo9NNQn5dA-320-80.jpg)
Buzz Aldrin Says One-Way Trips to Mars Could Actually Work
By Miriam Kramer published
Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin wants to send people on a trip to Mars, and he doesn't want them to come home — at least not at first.
![Hubble Views Comet Siding Spring and Mars](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k7HBWuRaaEtjQ2zbvzgaf6-320-80.jpg)
Wow! This Hubble Telescope Photo of Mars with a Comet Is Amazing
By Miriam Kramer published
A telescope orbiting Earth has captured a jaw-dropping image of a comet making an incredibly close flyby of Mars.
!['Interstellar' Movie Poster](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Zqwb75GrPwt346vMFBwkYH-320-80.jpg)
'Interstellar' Actors Quizzed on Space Trivia in New Video
By Miriam Kramer published
![Buzz Aldrin](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MmwyvmQkH6sDg279YmF7oe-320-80.jpg)
Buzz Aldrin, Elon Musk to Speak at MIT Conference This Week: Watch Live
By Miriam Kramer published
![MRO Sees Comet Siding Spring](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Yv3DkGzBSgd3LCfQzhofM-320-80.jpg)
NASA Mars Probes See Rare Comet Flyby (Photos)
By Miriam Kramer published
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Opportunity rover have beamed back amazing views of a comet that made an extremely close pass of the Red Planet on Sunday (Oct. 19).
![2014 Orionid Meteor Over Southern Arizona](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EYsoUAYhYeyXAhfzmB3J7H-320-80.jpg)
Orionid Meteor Shower: See Halley's Comet Crumbs Online Tonight
By Miriam Kramer published
Some skywatchers captured incredible views of the Orionid meteor shower earlier this week, but even if you can't catch the peaking shower outside tonight (Oct. 21), you can still see it live online.
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