| The first astronaut with a physical disability has been approved for a mission at the international space station, the European Space Agency announced on Friday.
John McFol, a 43 -year -old British surgeon and former Paralympian, who lost a leg in a motorcycle accident at the age of 19, said he was “extremely proud” to clean the obstacle. Since announcing the McFol as a member of its astronaut reserve in 2022, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been assessing someone’s viability as a crew member on a space mission. On Friday, ESA announced that McFol had received medical clearance for a long -term mission at the International Space Station (ISS). McFall insisted that it was “relatively passive” in the process, and simply had to be medical healthy and to complete the necessary tasks. “This is greater than me – it’s a cultural change,” he told at an online press conference. There is no date yet that McFol will get a chance to be that ESA has first dubbed “Parastronott”. “Now he is an astronaut like everyone who wants to fly at the space station, waiting for a mission assignment,” said Daniel Neurnswander, director of ESA’s human and robotic investigation. The ESA has been announced as an initiative of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), which has come under attack from Donald Trump’s new US administration. “Now we are entering a world that is changing slightly from a doubtful perspective from one of our partners in the international space station,” said the neuronswander. “We will continue with our European values,” they emphasized, saying that all ISS partners – including the United States – had given McFall to Medical Clearance. The next stage of feasibility studies will look at some hardware required, including prosthetics, so that the mcFall can remove any additional challenges in the space. McFall said that they are working on technologies that are “going to trickle and also have benefits for prosthetic users in a broader society”. |
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