Next Blue Origin Tourist Launch Will Fly Wheelchair User to Space for 1st Time
3 Dec 2025
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SPACE.COM - Michi Benthaus is about to make history.
Benthaus, an aerospace engineer at the European Space Agency, is one of the six passengers on Blue Origin's next space tourism launch, the company announced today (Dec. 3). She'll become the first wheelchair user ever to reach the final frontier.
Here's some information about Benthaus and her five crewmates on the upcoming flight, which Blue Origin calls NS-37. (The company has not yet announced a launch date, but we should learn that soon.)
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Note: Blue Origin is headquartered in Kent.
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