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John McFall, who lost his lower leg in a motorcycle accident, is now training to become the first ever disabled astronaut in space, as ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew reports ...
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McFall is now five weeks into his official astronaut reserves training. "I'm living in Bonn, which is about 20-25km south of Cologne. I'm living here with my wife and three kids," says a peppy McFall.
John McFall, a medal-winning Paralympic athlete, has officially completed training with the European Space Agency and could become the first astronaut with a disability to visit the International ...
This astronaut won't be letting his prosthetic leg ground him to the confines of Earth. European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut John McFall has just become the first person with a physical ...
LONDON (dpa-AFX) - British astronaut John McFall has been cleared to become the first person with a physical disability to go to space.The 43-year-old former Paralympian and surgeon has been medically ...
European member of the Astronaut Reserve, John McFall and the team at @ESA have shown it is possible for someone with a physical disability to live and work on the @Space_Station.
John McFall, a 43-year-old British surgeon and former Paralympian, has made history as the first astronaut with a physical disability selected for a mission aboard the International Space Station ...
John McFall is the first disabled European astronaut : a British national, he wears a prosthetic right leg after losing it at the age of 19 following a motorbike accident .
Former Paralympian and current surgeon John McFall has become the first disabled astronaut to be cleared for a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by feasibility studies. In 2000 ...
John McFall, a former British Paralympian and now a certified astronaut, is set to make history as the first person with a physical disability to participate in a mission on the International ...
The European Space Agency announced Feb. 14 that John McFall, a reserve member of the agency’s astronaut corps, had been certified by a multinational medical board for long-duration missions to ...