{"id":1749492,"date":"2022-11-23T12:18:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T17:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749492"},"modified":"2022-11-23T12:18:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T17:18:28","slug":"europe-names-worlds-first-disabled-astronaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/europe-names-worlds-first-disabled-astronaut\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe Names World\u2019s First Disabled Astronaut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feurope-names-worlds-first-disabled-astronaut%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749492&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/\">Latest News<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">European Space Agency received 257 applications for the role of astronaut with a disability<\/p>\n<p>    By European Space Agency &#8211; ESOC flickr, Credit: ESA &#8211; J\u00fcrgen Mai, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo   <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/reuters\/\" title=\"Posts by Reuters\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Reuters<\/a> \u2022 November 23, 2022 12:15 pm  <\/p>\n<p>PARIS (Reuters)\u2014The European Space Agency on Wednesday named the first ever &#8220;parastronaut&#8221; in a major step toward allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-nation agency said it had appointed British Paralympic sprinter John McFall to take part in a feasibility study during astronaut training to assess the conditions needed for people with disabilities to take part in future missions.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came as ESA appointed a new set of astronauts for the first time since 2009 after whittling down 22,500 valid applications.<\/p>\n<p>ESA posted openings last year for people fully capable of passing its usual stringent psychological, cognitive and other tests who are only prevented from becoming astronauts due to the constraints of existing hardware in light of their disability.<\/p>\n<p>It received 257 applications for the role of astronaut with a disability.<\/p>\n<p>McFall will work with ESA engineers to understand what changes in hardware are needed to open professional spaceflight to a wider group of qualified candidates, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Tim Hepher; 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