Michaela Benthaus will become the first wheelchair user to travel to space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS‑37 on December 18. The 11-minute suborbital flight will also include five other ...

Update: Blue Origin is now targeting an 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT launch due to forecasted winds in West Texas, according to its website. Another six lucky few – including one man from Florida ...

Blue Origin’s 37th New Shepard rocket launch was set to lift off Thursday from West Texas, but it was scrubbed at the last ...

A German woman engineer on Saturday became the first wheelchair user to blast into space, taking a brief ride on a Blue ...

Blue Origin will make history when it sends the first person who uses a wheelchair into space on its next mission.

Amanda Nguyen opened up about the depression she experienced after receiving backlash for partaking in the April 2025 Blue ...

The first wheelchair user has blasted past the Kármán Line. Michi Benthaus traveled into space aboard Blue Origin’s NS-37 mission.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After a half-century of waiting, Wally Funk -- who trained for NASA's Mercury program but was denied the opportunity to go to space -- is finally getting her time amongst the ...

A wheelchair user will reach space next week for the first time ever, if all goes according to plan. Blue Origin announced today (Dec. 11) that it's targeting Dec. 18 for its NS-37 mission, which will ...

Blue Origin has a critical next flight in November for New Glenn. The second New Glenn launch is scheduled for November 7, 2025, with a launch window between 14:51 and 16:50 EST (19:51–21:50 UTC). A ...

The crew includes a physicist from Florida and a German aerospace engineer who could become the first person who uses a wheelchair to reach space. The suborbital flight will last about 11 minutes, ...