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Last Saturday, ESA engineer Michaela Benthaus left her wheelchair on Earth and crossed the Karman line into space. Credit: AP

A German space engineer had her childhood dream come true. A dream that had seemed almost impossible for a long time: Michaela Benthaus from Kiel was the first paraplegic person to fly into space thanks to the US space technology company Blue Origin and its "New Shepard NS-37" rocket.

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A German space engineer had her childhood dream come true. A dream that had seemed almost impossible for a long time: Michaela Benthaus from Kiel was the first paraplegic person to fly into space thanks to the US space technology company Blue Origin and its "New Shepard NS-37" rocket.

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