On Feb. 28, 1990, space shuttle Atlantis took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on STS-36, the sixth shuttle ...

John McFall, a medal-winning Paralympic athlete, has officially completed training with the European Space Agency and could become the first astronaut with a disability to visit the International ...

European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut John McFall has just become the first person with a physical disability to be medically certified to launch on a long-duration mission to the ...

After leaving NASA he became a US senator and later became the oldest person to go into space. John Glenn was born July 18, 1921 in Ohio. He left college to join the military in the Second World War.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Pitcher John Means and the Cleveland Guardians agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract Wednesday, but the left-hander will not be immediately available as he recovers from ...

Composer Sir John Rutter said it was “very special” to receive a knighthood from the King because Charles is a “music lover”. Sir John, who is also a conductor, editor and arranger, was honoured on ...

43-year-old John McFall has become the world’s first astronaut with a physical disability cleared for a long-duration mission to the International Space Station. McFall’s journey is one of ...

This led to further aerial towing tests involving aircraft, altogether providing extensive amounts of data that served as guideposts to designing the upcoming space shuttle’s lifting body shape.

Paralympian John McFall has passed all the required medical exams and is now eligible for future travel to the ISS with the European Space Agency Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent European ...

Prospective ESA astronaut and former British Paralympian John McFall has passed the medical ... he will become the first physically disabled person in space.

Comedy fans in Brighton and Hastings are in for a treat as legendary comic John Shuttleworth, played by actor-musician Graham Fellows, brings his 'Raise the Oof' tour to the south coast. Did you know ...