flown by Blue Origin USA

NS-37

Success
DEC 20202514:15:00 UTC

New Shepard carried Michaela Benthaus, a German engineer at the European Space Agency who was paralyzed by a spinal cord injury in a 2018 mountain biking accident. She became the first wheelchair user to reach space, crossing the 100 km Karman line with five other passengers.

launched from Corn Ranch

aboard New Shepard 5 NS-37 into Suborbital

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Vehicle components · 2

  • 01 Booster NS5.6
    apogee 106.7 km
  • 02 Capsule RSS Karman Line
    apogee 106.8 km

Payload

Blue Origin NS-37

Space tourism

Passengers · 6

  • 01 Michaela Benthaus from Germany
  • 02 Joey Hyde from USA
  • 03 Hans Koenigsmann from USA
  • 04 Neal Milch from USA
  • 05 Adonis Pouroulis from South Africa
  • 06 Jason Stansell from USA

last updated Oct 27, 2026