Watch: Moment German engineer becomes world’s first wheelchair user to go into space
An engineer from Germany has become the world’s first wheelchair user to go into space.
Michaela Benthaus, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, had reached out to a retired space engineer online to see if her dream of being an astronaut was still possible.
He then helped organise the historic 10-minute flight with Blue Origin, the space tourism company founded by Jeff Bezos.
Ms Benthaus and five others blasted off from Texas on Saturday and reached a point just above the so-called “boundary” of space, known as the Kármán line.
“It was the coolest experience!” she said after landing in a video shared by Blue Origin.
“I didn’t only like the view and the micro-gravity, but I also liked going up
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