(MENAFN- Live Mint) Michaela Benthaus, a German woman engineer, scripted history to become the first wheelchair user to blast into space. Michaela took a brief ride on a Blue Origin flight on Saturday ...

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 multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos ...

On December 20, 2025, German engineer Michaela Benthaus fulfilled a lifelong dream of leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space and gaze at Earth from above. Severely injured in a mountain bike ...

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German aerospace engineer Michaela Benthaus, who works for the European Space Agency, has become the first wheelchair user in space.