Scott E. Parazynski

Scott Edward Parazynski is an American physician and former NASA astronaut, born on 28 July 1961 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He earned a bachelor of science in biology from Stanford University in 1983 and a doctorate of medicine from Stanford Medical School in 1989. NASA selected him on 31 March 1992 as part of astronaut group 14. He flew five space shuttle missions as a mission specialist: STS-66 on Atlantis in 1994, STS-86 on Atlantis in 1997, STS-95 on Discovery in 1998, STS-100 on Endeavour in 2001 and STS-120 on Discovery in 2007. His five flights added up to more than 57 days in space. He retired from NASA on 13 March 2009, and his hobbies include mountaineering, rock climbing, flying, scuba diving and skiing.