Michaela Benthaus is a German aerospace and mechatronics engineer. Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is set to script history by sending a wheelchair user into ...

Michaela Benthaus, a German woman engineer, scripted history to become the first wheelchair user to blast into space. Michaela took a brief ride on a Blue Origin flight on Saturday. Jeff Bezos' space ...

When Michaela Medek died after an alleged fatal fall in September 2025, it was initially believed that her death was an accident. However, her husband, Austen Medek, was arrested three months later in ...

Jeff Bezos‘ space venture Blue Origin has achieved a landmark moment in commercial spaceflight by flying the first wheelchair user to space, marking a breakthrough in accessibility beyond Earth’s ...

Months after he told police that his wife died after taking a fatal fall, cops in Columbus, Ohio, have arrested her 39-year-old husband, charging him just this week with her murder. Austen Medek has ...

Michaela “Michi” Benthaus made history from West Texas on Saturday when she became the first person who uses a wheelchair to go to space. Benthaus launched at 8:15 a.m. with five other crew members ...

Columbus police have arrested a man accused of the beating death of his wife in a September domestic violence incident. Austen Medek, 39, has been charged with murder in the death of his wife, 41-year ...

In a space-age milestone, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched a wheelchair-using engineer and handicap advocate to the edge of space Saturday, a 10-minute trip that allowed her to enjoy a few minutes of ...

German engineer Michaela Benthaus, who has paraplegia, traveled to space with Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin. https://p.dw.com/p/55l5i Michaela Benthaus, an engineer ...

Michaela 'Michi' Benthaus reached a remarkable milestone on 20 December, becoming the first wheelchair user to make it into space aboard Blue Origin's 37th New Shepard mission. The flight represents a ...

Michaela 'Michi' Benthaus is an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the ESA. Blue Origin will make history when it sends the first person who uses a wheelchair past the Kármán line, an ...

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