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Everest Flag Makes a Visit to Another Historic Location

By Keith Cowing
Keith Cowing
July 23, 2008
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Everest Flag Makes a Visit to Another Historic Location
The NASA Ames Space Exploration Academy class of 2008 poses with Explorers Club flag #114
Keith Cowing

The NASA Ames Space Exploration Academy class of 2008 poses with Explorers Club flag #114

This flag was carried to the summit of Mt. Everest in May 2008 by Astronaut Scott Parazynski. The group posed in front of a Lunar Orbiter tape drive undergoing restoration at NASA Ames Research Center.

Keith Cowing

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻

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