Blue Origin sent Michaela 'Michi' Benthaus into space, making her the first wheelchair user to do so on December 20. An aerospace and mechatronics engineer, Benthaus flew on the NS-37 New Shepard mission, crossing the Kármán line. Disabled since a 2018 spinal injury, she trained through Astro Access zero-gravity flights. The brief suborbital flight delivered minutes of microgravity before landing.