Update 10:00 am Nepal time 9 May: Scott is back at Everest Base Camp – disappointed – but otherwise doing fine. Update 9:11 am Nepal time 9 May: Weather conditions atop Mt. Everest have become unacceptable for further ascent at this time. Scott and other climbers have begun to descend from Camp II and should be back here at Everest Base Camp any moment now. Update from Camp II: Resting, […]

Editor’s update: At 12:14 Nepal time Scott radioed in to Base Camp that he had arrived at Camp II. Editor’s note: Scott is on his way to the summit of Mt Everest. He departed IMG Base Camp just after 4 am local time this morning (7 May) with his Sherpa guide Danuru. The moon was out and the sky was crystal clear. ETA at the summit is 7-8 pm EDT […]

This video was taken on 17 April 2009 at Camp 2 on Mount Everest at 21,500 feet. In it, IMG climber Scott Parazynski talks live via satellite phone Michael Barratt aboard the International Space Station on the occasion of his 50th birthday. In the background are three sherpas – the middle one, Danuru, will accompany Scott to the summit. Together they are known as the “Singing Sherpas”. Video courtesy of […]

Editor’s note: News reports that Lori Garver is in charge of a re-look at Project Constellation and that Pete Worden is in charge of an ESAS re-look are not true according to utterly reliable sources within NASA who are most certainly in a position to know.