Blue Origin Targeting Dec. 18 for Historic 1st Spaceflight of Wheelchair User

Blue Origin’s Next Mission Is Helping Redefine Who Gets to Go to Space

Should the mission proceed as planned, it will mark a major step forward for accessibility in spaceflight—sending the first wheelchair user beyond Earth.

Blue Origin targeting Dec. 18 for historic 1st spaceflight of wheelchair user

Blue Origin is targeting Dec. 18 for its NS-37 suborbital launch, which will fly a wheelchair user to space for the first time ever.

The First Wheelchair User To Travel To Space Is About To Make History

Engineer Michaela Benthaus will make history on Blue Origin's next space tourist trip.

Blue Origin to Fly First Wheelchair User to Space on New Shepard NS-37

Blue Origin’s upcoming NS-37 mission marks a historic first: sending aerospace engineer Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, a wheelchair user, into space aboard New Shepard. Scheduled for Dec. 18, the flight will take six passengers past the Kármán line for a few minutes of weightlessness, highlighting growing accessibility and inclusion in private spaceflight.