Scott Parazynski | |
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 Parazynski in 2008 | |
| Born | Scott Edward Parazynski July 28, 1961 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University (BS, MD) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 57d 15h 34m |
| Selection | NASA Group 14 (1992) |
Total EVAs | 7 |
Total EVA time | 47h 5m |
| Missions | STS-66 STS-86 STS-95 STS-100 STS-120 |
Mission insignia |      |
Scott Edward Parazynski (born July 28, 1961, in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. A veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and seven spacewalks, Parazynski's latest mission was STS-120 in October 2007 – highlighted by a dramatic, unplanned extra-vehicular activity (EVA) to repair a live solar array. In May 2016 he was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame. He retired from NASA in March 2009 to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities in the private sector, and he is currently the CEO of a technology start-up. He is the first person to have both flown in space and summited Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth.[1] He describes his life's experiences in his memoir The Sky Below.[2]
- ^ On Orbit. Only Human to Both Venture into Space and Climb Mt. Everest Will Speak at AIAA Space 2009 Conference's "Education Alley". [1] Archived September 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Parazynski, Scott (2017). The Sky Below (First ed.). New York: Little A. ISBN 978-1503936690.