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On Saturday, December 20, an engineer became the first wheelchair user to travel to space.
Michaela Benthaus, 33, was accompanied by five other passengers on the flight from West Texas jeff bezos‘ Company blue origin,
According to the company, only minor adjustments were needed to accommodate the benthos on the 10-minute space-skimming flight, as the autonomous New Shepard capsule was designed with accessibility in mind.
Benthaus is part of the European Space Agency’s graduate trainee program in the Netherlands. Saturday’s flight was a private mission with no involvement from ESA.
The billionaire Amazon founder created Blue Origin in 2000 and launched its first passenger space flight in 2021.