Europe's space agency has selected a disabled British man for training to become anastrologer.
The first new class of astronauts in 13 years were selected by the European Space Agency.
He lost his right leg in a motorcycle wreck. He represented the UK as a paralympian.
Rosemary Coogan is a British woman.
The definition of what it means to have the right stuff to go into space was widened by Esa.
The announcement doesn't mean that McFall is going to go into space. He will be part of a feasibility programme to find out what requirements are needed for that to happen.
Esa's director of human and robotic space exploration said that it's important for everyone to have an excitement about space.
"We're making a first step by opening up this call to people that have certain types of physical disabilities, and we really hope we'll be flying them on a mission to the International Space Station," he said.
The feasibility study will be worked on by Esa and NASA. The inclusion of a para-astronaut wouldn't compromise crew safety. It is1-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-6556 is1-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-6556
The astronauts are guaranteed flights if they come through their training.
More than 20,000 people applied for them. The number of women wanting to join the corps was up significantly on the last recruitment in 2009, and this has fed through to the final selection.
It has been announced that Esa's sole female astronauts will beSamantha Cristoforetti.
She said she was happy that they had some new coworkers. I am looking forward to not being the only woman in the European Astronaut corps. The current composition of our corps doesn't reflect where we are.
The new astronauts were announced in Paris at the Grand Palais phmre, where Esa member states have been meeting to set the programmes and budget of the agency over the next three to five years.
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