France 24

Wheelchair user flies into space, a first

Houston (AFP) – A German woman engineer on Saturday became the first wheelchair user to blast into space, taking a brief ride on a Blue Origin flight. The space company owned by American ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space

A paraplegic engineer from Germany became the first wheelchair user to enter space, on Saturday. Michaela Benthaus was a passenger on a Blue Origin flight, soaring 105 kilometres up and floating in ...
The Independent

Woman becomes first wheelchair user to ever visit space on historic Blue Origin flight

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Michaela Benthaus blasted off on a dream-come ...
U.S. News & World Report

Paraplegic Engineer Becomes the First Wheelchair User to Blast Into Space

Paraplegic Engineer Becomes the First Wheelchair User to Blast Into Space A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving ...
CNN

She just became the first wheelchair user to travel to space

Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old German aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency, just became the first wheelchair user ever to travel past the Kármán Line — a common ...
BBC

Engineer becomes first wheelchair user to go to space

An engineer from Germany has become the world's first wheelchair user to go into space. Michaela Benthaus, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, had reached ...