From July 1987 to September 1996, Kluger was a staff writer for
Discover magazine, writing the humor column "Light Elements". He also worked as a writer and editor for
The New York Times Business World Magazine,
Family Circle magazine,
Science Digest, and The Soho Weekly News. Kluger began his work with
Time magazine in 1996 specializing in
science coverage. He was named a senior writer in 1998, and Editor at Large in 2014. During his tenure at
Time, Kluger has written articles covering the
Mars Pathfinder landing and the 2003
Columbia disaster. He is the author or co-author of more than 45 cover stories, including ''Time's'' coverage of the Oklahoma tornadoes of 2013, the
Fukushima disaster in 2011, the battle to eradicate polio (2011) and the developing science of caring for premature babies (2014). Kluger has authored numerous books, most notably
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 (October 1994), with coauthor
Jim Lovell.
Lost Moon would become the basis for the
Ron Howard film
Apollo 13 (1995) starring
Tom Hanks. Kluger would later be a technical consultant for, and appear in, the movie
Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience. Kluger has taught
journalism at
New York University. ==Awards and honors==