Moon rocks, collected during the historic Apollo 11 mission, found a new residence aboard the International Space Station alongside a piece of Mt. Everest.
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Everest and Moon Rocks On-Orbit: NASA STS-130 Report #23 5 a.m. CST Friday, Feb. 19, 2010
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – Hatches between Endeavour and the International Space Station were closed at 2:08 a.m. CST. During 9 days, 52 minutes of joint operations, the […]
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Photos From Moon and Everest Rock Event at NASA
Scott Parazynski, Miles O’Brien, and Keith Cowing were in Houston Texas on Wednesday for the formal return of the Moon rocks we brought to Everest and the presentation of a […]
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Everest Update: The Highest GigaPan Panoramas Ever Taken On Earth’s Surface
On 20 May 2009 astronaut Scott Parazynski became the first person to have both travelled in space and to stand atop the summit of Mt. Everest. From that vantage point […]
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Playing With Moon Rocks and Duct Tape at the Dinner Table
This evening I was prowling through pictures taken during the current Expedition aboard the International Space Station when I came across a picture of astronauts and a Moon rock. The […]
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Everest Update: Dal Bhat In Space
Keith Cowing’s note: If you were following Scott Parazynski and I during our trip to Mt. Everest in Nepal, then you must have read at least one complaint from each […]
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Confessions of a Moon Rock Courier
Keith Cowing: I have been home from my trip to Mt. Everest in Nepal for a month. That trip lasted for a month and a half. I was gone longer […]
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Is Scott Parazynski’s climbing of Mt. Everest “exploration”? Scott Replies
Several weeks ago, my friend Wayne Hale asked his Twitter community: “Space Policy forum is debating the definition of exploration. Is Scott Parazynski climbing Mt Everest “exploration”?”
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Photos: Scott Returning To Base Camp After Summiting Mt. Everest
Keith Cowing: I took these photos as Scott Parazynski walked into Everest Base Camp after having reached the summit hours before.
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Photos of Astronaut Scott Parazynski on the Summit of Mt. Everest
These images were taken atop Mt. Everest in the early morning of 20 May 2009 as Astronaut Scott Parazynski reached the summit so as to observe an orbital sunrise – […]