Michaela Benthaus will be the first wheelchair user to fly to space on Blue Origin's next mission

Blue Origin hopes launching Michaela Benthaus, a German space engineer who uses a wheelchair, will help make space more accessible.
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Fact check: HISD claims 15 schools aren't using district curriculum. Records indicate otherwise.

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Blue Origin to Fly First Wheelchair User to Space on New Shepard NS-37

Blue Origin’s NS-37 mission on Dec. 18 aims to send the first wheelchair user to space. Aerospace engineer Michaela “Michi” ...
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Blue Origin to launch first-ever wheelchair user into space on December 18

Blue Origin will launch the NS-37 mission on Dec. 18 with the first wheelchair user to reach space, along with five other passengers on the New Shepard suborbital flight ...