Clara Moskowitz is a science and space writer who joined the Space.com team in 2008 and served as Assistant Managing Editor from 2011 to 2013. Clara has a bachelor's degree in astronomy and physics from Wesleyan University, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She covers everything from astronomy to human spaceflight and once aced a NASTAR suborbital spaceflight training program for space missions. Clara is currently Associate Editor of Scientific American. To see her latest project is, follow Clara on Twitter.
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Astronaut Jerry Ross was standing on the runway waiting for Columbia to come home.

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On the 10th anniversary of the Columbia accident, Obama paid tribute to its fallen crew.

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Future spaceflight accidents may not be inevitable, but they're not entirely preventable either, experts say.

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Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, carried a Torah scroll with him to space.

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Lessons learned from Columbia have played a large role in the design of Orion.

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Ten years ago this month the devastating Columbia accident took the lives of seven astronauts.

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The Super-TIGER mission is collecting cosmic rays from space.

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NASA's Hi-C (High-Resolution Coronal Imager) mission spotted never-before-seen solar magnetic braids.

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Experts diverged on best interpretations of quantum theory, including whether Einstein was right or wrong.

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Ancient cedar trees from Japan recorded a spike in the rare chemical carbon-14.

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A space object has been nicknamed the Manatee Nebula.

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A proposal in Iceland takes place under a canopy of aurora.

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Black holes will look crescent-shaped, researchers say.

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A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are cramming for their final hurdle before launch.

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Europe will build the service module for NASA's upcoming Orion space capsule.

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A new finding casts doubt on an alternative to the cosmological constant theory.

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Sci-fi films often get it wrong, physicists say.

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Photos will reveal some of the farthest and faintest objects yet seen.

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What would happen if Jupiter's Big Red Spot appeared on Earth?

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A newfound "super Earth" orbits a sun-like star in the habitable zone.

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Hubble could run for at least a year after its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, launches in 2017.

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The rover's Dust Removal Tool clears away the ubiquitous Red Planet dust.
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