The first wheelchair user to travel to space.

• Michaela Benthos became the first wheelchair user to travel to space.

• Blue Origin made history by sending a wheelchair user into space for the first time.

• Michaela "Michi" Benthos was selected for the NS-37 mission aboard the New Shepard rocket.

• The mission was operated by Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos.

• Blue Origin's reusable suborbital launch vehicle, New Shepard, was launched from the company's Texas launch pad.

• Ms. Benthos and five others lifted off from Texas on December 20 and reached a point just above the so-called "edge" of space, known as the Kármán line.

• Michaela Benthos has been using a wheelchair since suffering a spinal cord injury in a mountain biking accident in 2018.

• She is an aerospace and mechatronics engineer and is currently affiliated with the European Space Agency.

• The NS-37 crew included engineers, entrepreneurs, investors, and space enthusiasts from diverse backgrounds.