Benthaus is among six passengers selected to ride on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, scheduled to get off the ground from West Texas on its 37th spaceflight. The passengers of NS-37 would join 80 ...

In a puzzling development, Rosario delayed having TJS almost an entire year, as president of baseball operations Chris Young announced in February 2025 that Rosario would require surgery. At his best, ...

In a space-age milestone, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched a wheelchair-using engineer and handicap advocate to the edge of space Saturday, a 10-minute trip that allowed her to enjoy a few minutes of ...

A 33-year-old aerospace engineer has made space travel history, becoming the first person who uses a wheelchair to pass the boundary of outer space. Michaela "Michi" Benthaus, a German aerospace ...

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 ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed a suborbital joyride Saturday with a six-person crew, including the first wheelchair user to reach space and one of SpaceX’s first engineers. The flight took off at ...

Michaela "Michi" Benthaus and teammates spent several minutes in microgravity. Blue Origin made history Saturday, sending for the first time a person who uses a wheelchair past the Kármán line, an ...

Aerospace engineer Michi Benthaus made spaceflight history on Saturday morning (Dec. 20). Blue Origin launched Benthaus and her five crewmates on a suborbital spaceflight from the company's West Texas ...

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 ...

A Blue Origin rocket will soon launch carrying an unconventional passenger in a history-making moment made possible by a high-profile former employee of the company’s biggest rival. Michaela Benthaus, ...

Michaela “Michi” Benthaus made history from West Texas on Saturday when she became the first person who uses a wheelchair to go to space. Benthaus launched at 8:15 a.m. with five other crew members ...

Paraplegic engineer Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user to travel to space during a Blue Origin mission over the weekend No small talk at the airport bar, don't lean your seat back and ...