Michaela Benthaus, a paraplegic engineer for the European Space Agency, became the first wheelchair user in space Saturday. She was one of six crew members on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, which ...

Blue Origin’s next New Shepard flight is poised to mark a turning point for space tourism, with a wheelchair user preparing to join the crew on a suborbital trip that will cross the boundary of space.

A German aerospace engineer who uses a wheelchair has just rewritten the rules of who belongs in space. By riding a suborbital rocket and experiencing weightlessness, she has become the first person ...

A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture added a page to the space history books today by sending the first wheelchair user into space. “It was the coolest experience,” said Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, a ...

Blue Origin sends its first wheelchair user to space Former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and space industry expert Eric Ingram discuss Blue Origin’s historic flight that took its first-ever wheelchair ...

(AP) - A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from ...