Astronaut Scott Parazynski and others look to conquer the world's highest peak.
› Main Expedition PageWhen 2001: A Space Odyssey premiered 40 years ago, living and working in space full time was science fiction.
The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame inducted Loren Shriver, Bryan O'Connor, John Blaha and Robert Cabana into its elite ranks of space explorers.
Sometimes space shuttle technicians have to come up with more than new parts - they have to make new tools.
"I'm doing my fantasy job right now, my dream job. This is all I ever wanted to do and I'm really really fortunate to do that."
"We're a part of the team, and we're really proud to be part of the team."
"The completion of STS-124 with the delivery of the Japanese laboratory really brings us very close to what we have dreamed about for the space station all along."
"It's actually pretty exciting to see the space station close to its final configuration, so that it can be used in the way that it was originally intended."
"Of course, JAXA and Japanese government has been involved in a planning and engineering development phase with space station for years. Now they become real true, integrated operators."
"When we get the Japanese laboratory up and attached during this mission at least for me I feel like the major modules are all now installed and the space station can really start to do what it was intended to do, to be this world class laboratory."