Aerospace engineer Michi Benthaus made spaceflight history on Saturday morning (Dec. 20). Blue Origin launched Benthaus and her five crewmates on a suborbital spaceflight from the company's West Texas ...

A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.

Michaela "Michi" Benthaus and teammates spent several minutes in microgravity. Blue Origin made history Saturday, sending for the first time a person who uses a wheelchair past the Kármán line, an ...

Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old German aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency, just became the first wheelchair user ever to travel past the Kármán Line — a common ...

Michaela “Michi” Benthaus celebrates after going to space on Blue Origin’s NS-37 suborbital flight Dec. 20. Credit: Blue Origin webcast WASHINGTON — Blue Origin flew its final New Shepard suborbital ...

New platform integrates wireless connectivity, communications and navigation to help enhance users' control over activities and environment ELYRIA, Ohio and SPICEWOOD, Texas, Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire ...

ELYRIA, Ohio and SPICEWOOD, Texas, Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Adaptive Switch Laboratories, a division of Invacare America, today launched the ASL iON Integrated Drive Control System, a ...

Motion Concepts Module's New 10-Inch Height Enhances Social and Health Benefits ELYRIA, Ohio and VAUGHAN, ON, Dec. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With the addition of several inches of height capacity to ...

ELYRIA, Ohio and CONCORD, ON, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Gently squeeze, position, and simply release. That's how easy it is for caregivers or attendants to help their loved one or client recline to ...

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 ...