Wide Angle: Extreme Space

Former NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski is attempting -- once again -- to climb Mt. Everest as we take a look into other extreme environments in the solar system.
 

Climbing To New Heights

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  • Q&A: Climbing Toward Space
    Scott Parazynski chats from Mt. Everest about his experiences surviving in extreme environments, from outside the space station to the top of the world's highest mountain.


  • Top 10: Extreme Environments
    From the fire and brimstone inferno of Jupiter's moon Io to the suffocating, icy top of Mount Everest, we roll through the 10 places around the solar system you wouldn't necessarily want to be.


  • Blog: Everest 2009
    Keith Cowing reports from the mountain on Scott Parazynski's progress, and the spaced-out aspects of the climb.


  • Puzzles: Climbing Everest
    From base camp to summit, piece together these puzzle to experience climbing Mount Everest as the experts do.

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