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 ...

A German aerospace engineer who uses a wheelchair has just rewritten the rules of who belongs in space. By riding a suborbital rocket and experiencing weightlessness, she has become the first person ...

Blue Origin’s next New Shepard flight is poised to mark a turning point for space tourism, with a wheelchair user preparing to join the crew on a suborbital trip that will cross the boundary of space.

(AP) - A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from ...

A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on ...