First Wheelchair User Launches to Space on Blue Origin Flight
TL;DR
Michaela Benthaus, a German aerospace engineer and wheelchair user, became the first disabled person to fly in space during a Blue Origin suborbital flight, highlighting issues of accessibility and inclusion in space travel.
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- A German Engineer Has Become The First Wheelchair User in Space ScienceAlert
- She just became the first wheelchair user to travel to space CNN
- Blue Origin launches wheelchair-user and 5 others on sub-orbital trip to space CBS News
- In a First, a Wheelchair User Joins a Short Flight to Space The New York Times
- Blue Origin sends person using a wheelchair to space for the 1st time ABC News
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