Everest / Alpine Expeditions

Photo Update: Everest and Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Inside the Space Station Cupola

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
JAXA/NASA
February 3, 2023
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Photo Update: Everest and Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Inside the Space Station Cupola
Everest and Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Inside the Space Station Cupola With Astronaut Koichi Waka — JAXA

Several photos were recently sent back to Earth showing the Everest and Apollo 11 Moon rocks that Scott Parazynski took to and from the summit of Mt. Everest Inside the Space Station Cupola.

Astronaut Koichi Waka is shown holding the display. The plaque was sent up to the ISS in February 2010 on the STS-130 mission.

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) 🖖🏻