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Record 1 2023-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Astronautics
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
CONT

[The European Space Agency] posted openings ... for people fully capable of passing its usual stringent psychological, cognitive and other tests who are only prevented from becoming astronauts due to the constraints of existing hardware in light of their disability. It received 257 applications for the role of astronaut with a disability, a parallel role that it terms "parastronaut."

Key term(s)
  • para-astronaut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Astronautique
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
CONT

Outre les astronautes retenus pour le vol spatial, l'agence européenne va sélectionner un astronaute avec un handicap physique, un parastronaute.

Spanish

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