Blue Origin safely launches wheelchair user to space and back
German engineer Michaela Benthaus is the first person with a significant physical handicap to reach space.
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German engineer Michaela Benthaus is the first person with a significant physical handicap to reach space.
"CBS Mornings" Gayle King and the rest of Blue Origin's historic all-women spaceflight crew blasted off on Monday.
Ed Dwight trained to become the first African American astronaut but was never asked to join NASA. He finally flew into space on Sunday.
A CMU trustee who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when a small plane crashed in northern New Jersey, according to state police.
A Carnegie Mellon University alum and trustee has a new mission in life after flying into space earlier this week.
