Space Coast Daily

Blue Origin’s New Shepard Carried First Wheelchair User to Space During NS-37 Flight

Blue Origin successfully launched the 37th flight of the New Shepard program, marking a first for wheelchair altitude.
SpaceNews

Blue Origin flies first wheelchair user to space

Blue Origin flew its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Dec. 20, taking six people, including the first person who uses a wheelchair to go to space.
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Meet Michaela Benthaus: First wheelchair user to travel to space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard mission; when, where and how to watch live

Michaela Benthaus, a German aerospace engineer at the European Space Agency in Germany, is soon to make history as the first wheelchair-bound individual to travel to space. Benthaus has used a ...
The Lufkin Daily News

LIVE: Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launch, carrying first wheelchair user to space (scrubbed)

Watch live as Blue Origin launches its New Shepard crewed flight, NS-37, from Launch Site One in West Texas. The mission includes the first wheelchair user to go to space, Michaela (Michi) Benthaus.
The New York Times

In a First, a Wheelchair User Joins a Short Flight to Space

A paraplegic engineer was part of a crew that made a suborbital journey on a spacecraft operated by Jeff Bezos’ private company, Blue Origin. By Adeel Hassan A paraplegic engineer from Germany became ...
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Blue Origin flies first wheelchair user to space on New Shepard mission

German engineer Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user to reach space Saturday aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket. The 10-minute suborbital flight from West Texas reached 65 miles ...