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 NS-37 into Suborbital

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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

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