A British former Paralympian is set to become the world’s first disabled astronaut after being selected for the European Space Agency (ESA)'s training programme.
John McFall, who was selected from among 200 candidates, is joining the space training corps as a “para-astronaut”, and hopes to become the first disabled person to go to space as part of a feasibility study.
The 41-year-old represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the Paralympics, bagging a bronze medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. He said: “With my broad scientific background and a vast range of experiences, I felt compelled to try and help ESA answer this question: 'Can we get someone with a physical disability to do meaningful work in space?'”
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