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Who is the first disabled person to go into space?
A
John Arceneaux is the first disabled person to go into space.
B
Hayley Arkenoll is the first disabled person to go into space.
C
Hayley Arceneaux is the first disabled person to go into space.
D
John McFall is the first disabled person to go into space.
E
John Arkenoll is the first disabled person to go into space.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Last year, Baton Rouge native and Inspiration4 crew member Hayley Arceneaux became the first person with a prosthetic to reach space. Arceneaux, a cancer survivor, required bones in her left leg to be replaced with rods.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a bid to make spaceflight more inclusive, the European Space Agency (ESA) has hired its first astronaut with a physical disability. British Paralympic athlete and surgeon John McFall will join the ESA’s latest cohort of space travel candidates as a “parastronaut, ” the agency announced last week.

Detailed explanation-3: -The mission made Arceneaux the youngest American to orbit the earth, the first pediatric cancer survivor to travel to space, and, having received metal rods to replace parts of her leg bones during cancer treatment, the first astronaut with a prosthetic body part.

Detailed explanation-4: -She joined billionaire Jared Isaacman on SpaceX’s first private spaceflight Inspiration4, which launched on September 16, 2021, 00:02:56 UTC, and successfully water-landed local-time on Saturday, September 18. Arceneaux became the first human in space with a prosthetic leg bone after surviving bone cancer.

Detailed explanation-5: -For people with disabilities, the sky may not always be the limit. Not quite two years after Hayley Arceneaux became the first person with a prosthetic body part in space, the European Space Agency has launched a “Parastronaut Feasibility Program, ” and future astronaut corps may include people with disabilities.

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