Blue Origin sends person using a wheelchair to space for the 1st time

Michaela "Michi" Benthaus and her five teammates, who nicknamed themselves the "Out of the Blue," spent several minutes in ...

Engineer becomes first person who uses a wheelchair to travel to space

A 33-year-old aerospace engineer has made space travel history, becoming the first person who uses a wheelchair to pass the ...

Blue Origin launches wheelchair-user and 5 others on sub-orbital trip to space

Saturday's launch marked Blue Origin's 16th New Shepard flight with passengers aboard since Bezos, his brother and two others ...
Yahoo

People are cheating the system in airports and using wheelchair assistance when they don't need to, Frontier CEO says

The Frontier Airlines CEO called for a crackdown on fake wheelchair service use at airports. Barry Biffle said it costs the airline $30 to $35 per person. It comes after the CEO of London Heathrow ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Blue Origin launches wheelchair passenger to space, returns safely

Blue Origin has carried a wheelchair user into space for the first time, sending German engineer Michaela “Michi” Benthaus on ...
Yahoo

Frontier Airlines CEO wants crackdown on imposters using wheelchairs on flights

The CEO of Frontier Airlines, Barry Biffle, wants a crackdown on ‘imposters’ using wheelchairs on flights when they don’t need them ((Andriy Popov/Alamy Stock Photo/PA)) The CEO of Frontier Airlines ...

Who is Michela Benthaus? Meet the "first wheelchair using astronaut" who travelled space

Michaela Benthaus made history as the first wheelchair-using astronaut aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard. Her flight inspires inclusivity, innovation and global interest in accessible space exploration ...
New York Post

Southwest flyers’ wheelchair ‘pre-boarding scam’ leaves fellow passengers fuming

A social media user waiting to board a Southwest flight recently cried foul over an apparent “pre-boarding scam” involving wheelchairs — while the airliner stresses that its policy complies with the ...
Forbes

Best Airlines For Wheelchair Users, New Study Suggests

Congested airports and narrow airplane aisles are just some of the challenges faced by airline passengers traveling in wheelchairs. A new study says JetBlue Airways ranks No. 1 in wheelchair ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wheelchair-using MSOE student writes children's book for kids like her

'Not Everyone Walks the Stage' is a children's book about a girl who uses a wheelchair. Author Sierra Andrews, an MSOE student, drew on her own experiences as a paraplegic. Andrews, who is graduating ...
Los Angeles Times

He hits four L.A. raves a night in a wheelchair: ‘We need more disabled people going out’

Saptarshi Majumdar likes to say he always has the best seat in the house. Sometimes it’s next to the DJ booth at Koreatown’s Kiss Kiss Bang Bang nightclub, while a music video is being shot. Other ...

Disabled girl's wheelchair taken in theft returned

A custom-built wheelchair used by a disabled six-year-old girl has been returned following an appeal after it was stolen when thieves took the family's car. Amy Riley, mother of Emily Riley-Dolan, ...