Michaela Benthaus

German - (BO)

Occasional Spaceflight

Aerospace and mechatronics engineer. In 2018, she was involved in a mountain biking accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury impacting her ability to walk, but continues to pursue sporting activities outside of work, including wheelchair tennis. She flew aboard a Zero-G research flight in 2022 and completed an analog astronaut mission.

Spaceflight Record

Michaela Benthaus flew on one previous launch(es).

New Shepard | NS-37

Blue Origin | United States of America
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Dec. 20, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

NS-37 is the 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 37th in the New Shepard program's history.

Suborbital NS-5 - Flight Proven ( ) Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas

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CEO: Jeff Bezos

Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.

Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 6 hours ago

Starlink Group 17-26

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 21 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-110

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

4 days, 16 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-104

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

5 days, 11 hours ago

Starlink Group 17-25

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

6 days, 18 hours ago

Starlink Group 10-36

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. First Starlink laun…