MediaFaro Magazine<p>From paralympian to astronaut: breaking barriers in space and beyond.</p><p>In a groundbreaking move that marks both a personal triumph and a cultural shift in space exploration, John McFall—a medal-winning Paralympian, trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, and member of the European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Reserve—has become the first person with a physical disability medically cleared for a long-duration space mission.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250611-from-paralympian-to-astronaut-breaking-barriers-in-space-and-beyond?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250611</span><span class="invisible">-from-paralympian-to-astronaut-breaking-barriers-in-space-and-beyond?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Paralympian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paralympian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Astronaut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronaut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/JohnMcFall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMcFall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>