Paraplegic engineer becomes first wheelchair user to float in space

Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old woman from Germany, became the first wheelchair user to go to space, after launching off ...

Blue Origin sends person using a wheelchair to space for the 1st time

Michaela "Michi" Benthaus and her five teammates, who nicknamed themselves the "Out of the Blue," spent several minutes in ...

She just became the first wheelchair user to travel to space

The first wheelchair user has blasted past the Kármán Line. Michi Benthaus traveled into space aboard Blue Origin’s NS-37 mission.

Blue Origin breaks the accessibility barrier by sending the first wheelchair user to space

Today’s launch window for Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard mission opens at 8:15 a.m. CT (6:15 a.m. PT) at the company’s ...

German engineer becomes first wheelchair user to travel to space

Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old German aerospace and mechatronics engineer, made history as the first wheelchair user to travel past the Kármán Line, a common marker for outer space. Her voyage on a ...