Zero-G flight for disability ambassadors shows space is for all
AstroAccess flew 14 individuals from 5 countries on a parabolic research flight Dec. 15, to open up space research to more people.
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AstroAccess flew 14 individuals from 5 countries on a parabolic research flight Dec. 15, to open up space research to more people.
Crew members with hearing, visual and mobility impairments tested accessibility features while aboard an aircraft that simulated a zero-gravity environment at an altitude of 25,000 feet.
Fourteen crew members, who have mobility, vision and hearing difficulties, completed a zero-gravity flight 25,000ft above Earth to understand how to make space travel more accessible.
Dorset Orthopaedics hail patient John McFall’s “awesome” achievement in becoming the world’s first para-astronaut.
On November 23, 2022, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced its first new class of astronaut trainees in 13 years. The seventeen candidates were selected from a pool of 22,500 applicants. They include five career astronauts, 11 reserve astronauts, and John McFall — the world's first astronaut with a disability.