Space · astronaut
Scott E. Parazynski
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
AMERICAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
57 d 15 h
Spacewalks
7
47 h 5 m outside
Flights
5
5 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
AmericanBorn
28 Jul 1961First flight
03 Nov 1994Most recent flight
23 Oct 2007Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Scott Edward Parazynski 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 EVA to repair a live solar array. In May 2016 he was inducted into the US 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.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 05 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-120 | 23 Oct 2007 |
| 04 | Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-100 | 19 Apr 2001 |
| 03 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-95 | 29 Oct 1998 |
| 02 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-86 | 26 Sept 1997 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-66 | 03 Nov 1994 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026