Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michi Benthaus poses before her historic flight into space. - Courtesy Blue Origin Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old German ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 33-year-old aerospace engineer has made space travel history, becoming the first person who uses a wheelchair to pass the ...

Nearly half of Americans want to travel to space. But that means the other half doesn’t, according to a 2021 survey by ValuePenguin, one of LendingTree's financial research websites. Nearly 40% said ...

An upcoming Blue Origin flight will mark a first for people with disabilities. The company said its next mission will include Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the ...

December 20, 2025, will be remembered as a turning point in the chronicles of space exploration, forever altering humanity’s view of its own sky. On that day, Michaela 'Michi' Benthaus, an aerospace ...

A brief commercial flight with space tourism company Blue Origin made Michaela “Michi” Benthaus’ childhood dream come true On average, Martian time ticks roughly 477 millionths of a second faster than ...

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 ...

(CNN) — Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old German aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency, just became the first wheelchair user ever to travel past the Kármán Line — a common ...