Blue Origin Completes First Space Flight With Wheelchair User

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed a suborbital joyride Saturday with a six-person crew, including the first wheelchair user ...
Morning Overview on MSN

German engineer becomes 1st wheelchair user to reach space

A German aerospace engineer who uses a wheelchair has just rewritten the rules of who belongs in space. By riding a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Aerospace Engineer Just Became the First Wheelchair User to Travel to Space

A brief commercial flight with space tourism company Blue Origin made Michaela "Michi" Benthaus' childhood dream come true ...
Kent Reporter

Kent-based Blue Origin flies wheelchair user into space for first time

Kent-based Blue Origin completed its 37th flight of the New Shepard program on Saturday, Dec. 20 with a crew of six, including the first time a wheelchair user has flown above the Kármán Line, the ...

Who is Michela Benthaus? Meet the "first wheelchair using astronaut" who travelled space

Michaela Benthaus made history as the first wheelchair-using astronaut aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard. Her flight inspires inclusivity, innovation and global interest in accessible space exploration ...
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OTD In Space - December 22: 1st Flight of the HL-10 Lifting Body

On Dec. 22, 1966, the HL-10 Lifting Body took its first flight. The HL-10 was a heavy-lifting, horizontal landing plane built ...