ABC NEWS: For the 1st time ever, a person who uses a wheelchair will fly to space
A historic milestone in space exploration is about to happen, as Michaela "Michi" Benthaus, an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency (ESA), is set to become the first person who uses a wheelchair to travel to space. The article details her journey aboard Blue Origin's NS-37 mission, which will take her and five other crew members past the Kármán line on a suborbital flight. Benthaus, who suffered a spinal cord injury in 2018, has been an advocate for accessibility in space exploration and has participated in various space-related activities, including a Zero-G research flight and an analog astronaut mission.
