This is a portion of the GigaPan panorama taken by Scott Parazynski at Mount Everest’s Camp IV at 26,000 feet (7,924 meters) at approximately 10 am local time, May 19, 2009. The saddle between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain in the world) is also known as the South Col can be seen. The Challenger [...]

WHAT: Retired NASA Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, the only human to both travel into space and climb Mt. Everest, will speak at the AIAA Space 2009 Conference & Exhibition’s “Education Alley” Education Alley, AIAA’s innovative aerospace education program, will highlight the world of aerospace engineering and science to over two thousand Pasadena area students in [...]

Several weeks ago, my friend Wayne Hale asked his Tweet community: “Space Policy forum is debating the definition of exploration. Is Scott Parazynski climbing Mt Everest “exploration”?” An excellent, thought-provoking question that I hadn’t had time to properly address while on the mountain. Here is my take on the matter, having recently taken journeys to both [...]

Image: Scott Parazynski look at the moon rock on exhibition in the National Museum of Anthropology of San Salvador, Laprensa Parazynksi: Me gustaría ver a un astronauta salvadoreño (Parazynski: I would like to see a Salvadoran astronaut) “Parazynski, recién retirado de la estadounidense Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y Espacio (NASA), dio esta tarde una charla magistral [...]

‘A monument to the triumph of the human spirit’ Orlando Sentinel via The Daily Press Two months ago, former NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski ascended Mount Everest, carrying a lunar rock brought back by the Apollo 11 mission that landed on the moon 40 years ago tomorrow. Along the way, he endured hardships like those experienced by [...]

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Family photos on the summit 26 May 2009 Just six days ago I’d wearily downclimbed to Everest’s base camp. As I sat in a small blue tent that evening tenuously perched over one particularly malodorous barrel, a loud rockslide thundered directly towards me. I briefly thought of the irony of it all: I had finally [...]

Astronaut Scott Parazynski and Sherpa Danuru check in from Everest base camp after their successful summit at Mount Everest. Scott, who has flown on five shuttle mission and completed 7 spacewalks, told Miles O’Brien the experience was “the most challenging thing I have ever done.” Post-summit Skype with Miles, Danuru and Keith Share and Enjoy:

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Image: An Astronaut Holds Apollo 11 Moon Rocks atop Everest with the Moon High Above Image: Scott moments after arriving at the summit Image: Scott Parazynski, The first Astronaut to Stand Atop Mt. Everest Image: The airy summit ridge, as seen on the descent Image: Banner honoring SPOT, our corporate sponsor Image: Explorers Club Flag [...]