Blue Origin sends 1st wheelchair user into space
The Peninsula
New York: USspace technology company Blue Origin on Saturday launched a wheelchair user into space, marking a historic first. The New Shepard Missi...
New York: US space technology company Blue Origin on Saturday launched a wheelchair user into space, marking a historic first.
The New Shepard Mission NS-37 lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas at 816 a.m. Central Standard Time (1416 GMT) with a six-person crew.
Among them is Michaela Benthaus, an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency, who started to use wheelchairs after she suffered from a spinal cord injury in a mountain biking accident in 2018.
The crew capsule returned with a touchdown after around 10 minutes of flight.
Originally scheduled for Thursday, the mission was postponed due to an issue detected during preflight built-in checks.
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