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.

"It was the coolest experience," exclaimed Micahela Benthaus as she landed on Earth after an enthralling trip in space that lasted about 10 minutes. As the ivory-colored, dome-shaped craft flanked ...

A paraplegic engineer was part of a crew that made a suborbital journey on a spacecraft operated by Jeff Bezos’ private company, Blue Origin. By Adeel Hassan A paraplegic engineer from Germany became ...

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 Benthaus, a 33-year-old paraplegic engineer from Germany, became the first wheelchair user to go to space after launching with Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin from West Texas. Severely ...

A paraplegic engineer became the first wheelchair user to float in space after a historic Blue Origin launch over the weekend. NBC News’ Valerie Castro has more. Taiwan issues arrest warrant for Pete ...

new video loaded: Engineer Is First Paraplegic Person in Space transcript A paraplegic engineer from Germany became the first wheelchair user to rocket into space. The small craft that blasted her to ...

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 ...