John McFall, a Paralympian and former NHS surgeon, has become the world’s first astronaut with a disability to begin training at the European Astronaut Centre in Germany.
McFall joined the European Space Agency’s (ESA) group of astronauts last year and aims to broaden people’s appreciation of what individuals with disabilities can achieve.
During his two-year training, he will collaborate with experts to assess and improve the accessibility of astronaut facilities. As part of a feasibility study, McFall will participate in various training activities, including sea survival and testing in low atmospheric pressure environments.
He has already experienced a zero-gravity environment to observe how his prosthetic leg behaves. McFall’s journey represents an important step towards making space more accessible and inspiring others to pursue STEM education and careers.
pretty cool mate good work
big well done to Hayden, congrats to him, sucks that the britland took the 1st, quite sad, but that part of the game, wish we won though, well done to GB and everybody else, New Zealand deserved it.
2028 LA Olympics here we go!!
amazing
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Good job Hayden you gave it all you had
Amazing, I can’t believe we got silver, maybe we can win the Olympics if we try hard! Go boy!
Hayden must have showed a lot of the Olympic values to help Alex across the finish line
Hayden must have trained a lot to win a silver medal for us