Blue Origin astronaut Michaela "Michi" Benthaus, who suffered a spinal cord injury after a mountain biking accident in 2018, talks about making history as the first person using a wheelchair to travel to space. Read more: https://abcnews.visitlink.me/4SHcz_ | ABC News
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Blue Origin astronaut Michaela "Michi" Benthaus, who suffered a spinal cord injury after a mountain biking accident in 2018, talks about making history as the first person using a wheelchair to travel to space. Read more: https://abcnews.visitlink.me/4SHcz_ | ABC News
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'CAPSULE TOUCHDOWN': Michaela Benthaus became the world’s first wheelchair user in space on Saturday, launching from Texas aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft. Seven years ago, she suffered a spinal cord injury in a mountain bike accident. "I think you should never give up on your dreams," she said after returning from space. | Fox News
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'CAPSULE TOUCHDOWN': Michaela Benthaus became the world’s first wheelchair user in space on Saturday, launching from Texas aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft. Seven years ago, she suffered a spinal cord injury in a mountain bike accident. "I think you should never give up on your dreams," she said after returning from space. | Fox News
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German aerospace engineer Michaela Benthaus has become the first wheelchair user to travel into space, after a flight with Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin. Benthaus injured her spinal cord in a mountain biking accident in 2018 and has since become an advocate for accessible space travel. | Al Jazeera English
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German aerospace engineer Michaela Benthaus has become the first wheelchair user to travel into space, after a flight with Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin. Benthaus injured her spinal cord in a mountain biking accident in 2018 and has since become an advocate for accessible space travel. | Al Jazeera English
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Michaela #Benthaus, una ingeniera aeroespacial y mecatrónica alemana, de 33 años, hizo historia al convertirse en la primera persona en silla de ruedas en viajar más allá de la línea de Kármán, la frontera del #espacio exterior. Su viaje en una cápsula New Shepard, de #BlueOrigin, despegó el sábado por la mañana en el oeste de Texas. | CNN en Español
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Michaela #Benthaus, una ingeniera aeroespacial y mecatrónica alemana, de 33 años, hizo historia al convertirse en la primera persona en silla de ruedas en viajar más allá de la línea de Kármán, la frontera del #espacio exterior. Su viaje en una cápsula New Shepard, de #BlueOrigin, despegó el sábado por la mañana en el oeste de Texas. | CNN en Español
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Al Jazeera English on Instagram: "German aerospace engineer Michaela Benthaus has become the first wheelchair user to travel into space, after a flight with Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin. ⁠ .⁠ Benthaus injured her spinal cord in a mountain biking accident in 2018 and has since become an advocate for accessible space travel.⁠ .⁠ #Germany"
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Al Jazeera English on Instagram: "German aerospace engineer Michaela Benthaus has become the first wheelchair user to travel into space, after a flight with Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin. ⁠ .⁠ Benthaus injured her spinal cord in a mountain biking accident in 2018 and has since become an advocate for accessible space travel.⁠ .⁠ #Germany"
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BBC News India on Instagram: ""It was the coolest experience!" An engineer from Germany has become the world's first wheelchair user to go into space. Michaela Benthaus, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, reached out to a retired space engineer online to see if her dream of being an astronaut was still possible. He then helped organise the historic 10-minute flight with Blue Origin, the space tourism company founded by Jeff Bezos. She and five others b
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BBC News India on Instagram: ""It was the coolest experience!" An engineer from Germany has become the world's first wheelchair user to go into space. Michaela Benthaus, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, reached out to a retired space engineer online to see if her dream of being an astronaut was still possible. He then helped organise the historic 10-minute flight with Blue Origin, the space tourism company founded by Jeff Bezos. She and five others b
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Michaela Benthaus, une ingénieure aérospatiale allemande, est devenue la 1ère personne en fauteuil roulant à voyager dans l’espace. #ajplusfrançais_vidéo #espace #fusée #blueorigin #handicap | AJ français
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German aerospace engineer Michaela “Michi” Benthaus has made history as the first wheelchair user to fly to space, crossing the Karman line, internationally recognised as the boundary of space. After a few minutes of weightlessness, the capsule landed safely by parachute in the Texas desert. Benthaus has been confined to a wheelchair since a mountain biking accident. Since then, she has campaigned for barrier-free access to space. | TRT World
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"I think you should never give up on your dreams." German engineer Michaela Benthaus, who works for the European Space Agency, has become the first wheelchair user in space. | DW News
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German aerospace engineer Michaela “Michi” Benthaus has made history as the first wheelchair user to fly to space, crossing the Karman line, internationally recognised as the boundary of space. After a few minutes of weightlessness, the capsule landed safely by parachute in the Texas desert. Benthaus has been confined to a wheelchair since a mountain biking accident. Since then, she has campaigned for barrier-free access to space. | TRT Afrika
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La ingeniera aeroespacial alemana Michaela Benthaus ha sido la primera persona en silla de ruedas en viajar al espacio. Empelada de la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA), se rompió la columna vertebral en un accidente con una bicicleta de montaña en 2018 y desde entonces ha sido una activista por los viajes espaciales para personas con discapacidades. Blue Origin, la empresa aeroespacial de Jeff Bezos, ha organizado el paseo espacial en el que han viajado también un grupo de empresarios #espacioexte
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Michaela “Michi” Benthaus is the the first person in a wheelchair to travel to space. The 33-year-old German aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency flew aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket on December 20, 2025. Her flight took her and five crewmates past the Kármán Line — 62 miles (100 kilometers) above sea level — the commonly recognized boundary of space. Benthaus was paralyzed in a 2018 mountain biking accident and now uses a wheelchair. She said she never imagin
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German engineer Michaela Benthaus has become the first wheelchair user to travel to space. She was among 6 passengers on board a Blue Origin flight. | The Straits Times
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Michaela Benthaus, une ingénieure allemande de 33 ans spécialisée en aérospatiale et mécatronique, est entrée dans l'histoire en devenant la première personne en fauteuil roulant à franchir la ligne de Kármán, frontière naturelle avec l'espace. | BFMTV
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A paraplegic engineer from Germany has become the first person who uses a wheelchair to go to space. It was a dream come true for Michaela Benthaus, who blasted off Saturday aboard a Blue Origin capsule along with five other space tourists. The 10-minute suborbital space flight was intended to let the passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness in outer space. #pbsnewshour #newshour #pbsnews #blueorigin #spaceflight #europeanspaceagency #space #news
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Khaleej Times on Instagram: "#Watch A wheelchair user flies into space, a first A German woman engineer has become 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 launched its New Shepard suborbital mission from its site in Texas. Michaela Benthaus, an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency, was among the passengers to cross the Karman line, the internationally r
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WELT Nachrichtensender on Instagram: "Ein Meilenstein für die Inklusion im All: Die Deutsche Michaela Benthaus ist als erste Person mit Querschnittslähmung mit der Blue-Origin-Rakete ins Weltall geflogen. Der Flug ging auf 100 km Höhe und dauerte rund 10 Minuten. Sie selbst spricht von einem „Anfang“ für barrierefreie Raumfahrt. Doch auch Kritik an den touristischen Alltrips bleibt. #weltnachrichtensender"
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Después de un accidente que cambió su vida, Michaela Benthaus desafió la gravedad 🚀♿ Hoy es la primera mujer en silla de ruedas en viajar al espacio. “Espero ser solo el comienzo”. Ciencia, inclusión y futuro 💜✨
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