
Engineer Becomes First Wheelchair User to Reach Space
A 33-year-old German aerospace engineer, Michaela Benthaus, has become the first wheelchair user to travel to space on a Blue Origin suborbital flight.
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A 33-year-old German aerospace engineer, Michaela Benthaus, has become the first wheelchair user to travel to space on a Blue Origin suborbital flight.

Blue Origin is set to fly the first person who uses a wheelchair past the Kármán line on its next New Shepard mission, carrying a diverse crew of six.