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Julian Dossett

This former Paralympic athlete could become the 1st person with a physical disability to live in orbit

John McFall stands in a mockup International Space Station module.

A former Paralympic athlete could end up breaking some records in the final frontier.

The U.K. government and the California company Vast have signed an agreement that aims to get John McFall, a reserve astronaut with the European Space Agency (ESA), on a research mission aboard Vast's Haven-1 space station.

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