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As you can see, its hard to master, but this is the closest that we can get to experience what being an astronaut is like. john, how are you finding it? look at this! i mean, where do you get this? how has this happened?! 0h! and down. woo! this isnt the first time johns pushed himself to the limits. hes a former medal—winning paralympian, a sprinter. this was the first international race he won. for the last ten yearsjohn has been working as a surgeon on orthopaedic wards. hiya, sir. how are ...

Here we go. i joined john for his and my first flight. 0h! oh, help! i want to come down. 0h! its like the ground. its moving away from you. its really hard to actually control where youre going. as you can see, its hard to master. this is the closest that we can get to experience of what being an astronaut is like. john, how are you finding it? look at this! i mean, where do you get this? how did this happen? 0h! the flight is a chance to see howjohns prosthesis response to weightlessness. in n...

To get the job done. hes come into an awful lot of mass, hes trying to master it all. but in the main, im quietly confident hes going to get the job sorted out. in former labour heartlands like this the conservatives hope their vote will prove resilient but across england, these elections are likely to prove an uphill struggle for the new prime minister. ben wright, bbc news, in derbyshire. a british paralympian and surgeon, who�*s been recruited as the european space agency�*s first para—...

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Will be like in orbit. john mcfall, who lost a leg in an accident when he was a teenager, is taking part in a ground—breaking project. our science editor rebecca morelle joined him on a test flight. woohoo! john mcfall is an astronaut candidate with a difference. amazing! hes an amputee. he lost his leg in a motorcycle accident when he was a teenager. esa had announced that they were looking for astronauts with a physical disability. i looked at the personal specification and i kind of went, y...

John, how are you finding it? look at this! i mean, where do you get this? how did this happen? 0h! the flight is a chance to see howjohn�*s prosthesis responds to weightlessness. in normal gravity, if you look here, the knee bends under normal gravity. but when you go into zero g, youll probably see, im floating around with the leg straight because that gravity isnt there. each parabola is a learning opportunity. it is! and this is what the project is all about. working out what needs to be a...

Well as markets and banks, it happened because of this vacuum. the irony and the tragedy is that civilian safety remains the biggest challenge. some centres were burned, idp centres were also burned and there is no one to protect them, so there is no one to protect them, so there is no sense of government. that was the former governor of darfur. a british paralympian and surgeon who is being recruited as the european space agencys first para astronaut is being given a taste of what life will be ...

The European Space Agency recently selected its first astronaut with a physical disability.

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