Paraplegic engineer becomes first wheelchair user to float in space

Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old woman from Germany, became the first wheelchair user to go to space, after launching off ...

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 ...
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Blue Origin rocket launches first wheelchair user into space

Michaela Benthaus, a paraplegic engineer for the European Space Agency, became the first wheelchair user in space Saturday.

German engineer becomes first person with wheelchair to visit space

German engineer Michaela Benthaus, who has paraplegia, traveled to space with Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin.

Blue Origin sends person using a wheelchair to space for the 1st time

Michaela "Michi" Benthaus and her five teammates, who nicknamed themselves the "Out of the Blue," spent several minutes in ...
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Wheelchair user flies into space, a first

A German woman engineer on Saturday became the first wheelchair user to blast into space, taking a brief ride on a Blue ...

Blue Origin launches wheelchair-user and five others on sub-orbital trip to space

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