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To boldly go: John McFall hopes to be the first astronaut with a disability

European Space Agency testing Paralympian sprinter to see how conditions in space would affect his prosthesis When a colleague sent John McFall a job advert for would-be astronauts, his reaction…

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John McFall Is the World’s First Disabled Astronaut

New York Times Imported: November 29, 2022 Tags: Content Type: Personal Profile · Disabilities · European Space Agency · Great Britain · John · McFall · Olympic Games (2008) · Space and Astronomy

John McFall, who lost a leg in a motorcycle accident when he was a teenager, was recruited by the European Space Agency and could soon be headed for space.

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Paralympic athlete from UK in latest intake of ESA astronauts

The Guardian Imported: November 24, 2022 Tags: disability · European Space Agency · Science · Space · UK news

Science Paralympic athlete from UK in latest intake of ESA astronauts John McFall, 41, becomes first astronaut with physical disability to be recruited by European space agency Meganne Christian, John…

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