NASA Remembers Arthur C. Clarke -- Share Your Thoughts Clarke during a Sept. 2007 video greeting sent to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory during Cassini's flyby of Saturn's moon Iapetus. › View Video › Read More Renowned science fiction author Sir Arthur C. Clarke died Wednesday at his home in Sri Lanka at the age of 90. Best known for the story and film 2001: A Space Odyssey, a collaboration with