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Wheelchair User Michi Benthaus Soars into Space
Blue Origins New Shepard mission, NS-thirty-seven, is set to launch this Thursday, carrying aerospace engineer Michaela Michi Benthaus, who uses a wheelchair, and five other passengers. This historic flight will mark the first time someone with a disability crosses the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. Benthaus, a spinal cord injury survivor, has been a vocal advocate for accessibility in space and will join a crew of diverse individuals, including a physicist, aerospace engineer, business executive, mining engineer, and a West Texas native honoring his late brother. The mission aims to promote sustainable space travel using Blue Origins fully reusable New Shepard system.
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