John McFall at SpaceX

John McFall, a former Paralympic athlete and orthopaedic surgeon, made history in 2022 when the European Space Agency (ESA) selected him as the first member of its Astronaut Reserve with a physical disability. This marked a significant milestone in ESA’s Fly! initiative, which aims to enable a professional astronaut with a physical disability to join as a fully integrated crewmember on a long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). 

You can find more about John and the Fly! initiative on the Fly! website.