00:00From the heart of the Texas desert, an unprecedented journey took off as Michaela
00:08Benthaus, an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency,
00:13shattered traditional limits to write a new chapter in history as the first woman using
00:19a wheelchair to fly into space.
00:21You should never give up on your dreams, right?
00:24But I mean, there's also sometimes just a low probability that it comes true.
00:28And I just got very lucky and I'm very great.
00:32Aboard the new Shepard rocket, operated by Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000,
00:39Benthaus crossed the Kaman line, the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space,
00:45as part of the NS-37 space tourism mission, which lasted 10 minutes.
00:50After suffering a mountain biking accident that turned her life upside down, Benthaus never
01:00stopped pursuing her dream.
01:02Pain became a stronger motivation to challenge convention and open new horizons for people
01:07with disabilities in the field of space, breaking stereotypes before returning safely to applause
01:13from Bluetooth.
01:14The New Zealand
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