December 20, 2025, will be remembered as a turning point in the chronicles of space exploration, forever altering humanity’s ...

Saturday's launch marked Blue Origin's 16th New Shepard flight with passengers aboard since Bezos, his brother and two others ...

Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user in space aboard Blue Origin's NS‑37, marking a milestone in accessible ...

Blue Origin will make history when it sends the first person who uses a wheelchair into space on its next mission.

Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, who is paralyzed from the waist down, flew to space on Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket ...

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

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture added a page to the space history books today by sending the first wheelchair user into ...

Severely injured in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, Benthaus (33) became the first wheelchair user to travel to ...

Michaela Benthaus has worked at various research centres since 2016 before joining European Space Agency in 2024 as a Young ...

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 ...

Michaela Benthaus is an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency. She suffered a spinal cord injury ...

The historic flight took place from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas as part of the New Shepard NS-37 mission, a ...