Selected for the International Space Station mission in 2025, John McFall, the first disabled astronaut, is associated with which of the following countries?
United Kingdom
John McFall is a British Paralympic sprinter turned physician who was chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of its 2022 astronaut class.
He is a national of the United Kingdom. McFall, who has a prosthetic leg following a childhood amputation, became the focus of ESA's "Fly!" feasibility study assessing whether an astronaut with a physical disability can live and work safely aboard the International Space Station.
In 2025 he was medically certified and cleared for a long-duration ISS mission, making him the world's first astronaut with a physical disability.
Hence, John McFall is associated with the United Kingdom.
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