Paralympian John McFall could become 1st astronaut with a disability on ISS

John McFall, a reserve astronaut with the European Space Agency, standing in a mockup International Space Station module.

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 disability to be medically certified to launch on a long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The surgeon and former Paralympian took part in a study to demonstrate the feasibility of the flight, which recently concluded.