Blue Origin’s NS-37 mission made history on December 18, 2025, by launching the first-ever wheelchair user into space. Michi Benthaus, an aerospace engineer from the European Space Agency, was among ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture added a page to the space history books today by sending the first wheelchair user into space. “It was the coolest experience,” said Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, a ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket takes off in a plume of smoke. - Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images Blue Origin, the Space exploration company owned by Amazon titan Jeff Bezos,announced its ...

Blue Origin’s 37th New Shepard rocket launch was set to lift off Thursday from West Texas, but it was scrubbed at the last minute. The flight was expected to make history with one of the passengers: ...

Blue Origin will make history by carrying a person who uses a wheelchair on its next space launch. Michaela "Michi" Benthaus, who was injured in a mountain biking accident in 2018, is expected to ...

Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have paused their suborbital flights, leaving customers and analysts questioning the future ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin (BORGN) is set to create history on Saturday, sending a crew of six, including the first wheelchair user, to space as part of a landmark mission, which will also include one of ...

Michaela Benthaus, a paraplegic engineer for the European Space Agency, became the first wheelchair user in space Saturday. She was one of six crew members on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, which ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket rises from its Florida launch pad. (Blue Origin Photo via Dave Limp / X) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent twin orbiters on the first leg of their journey to ...