Tag: space tourism
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Blue Origin Makes History: Wheelchair User Reaches Space for the First Time
Blue Origin Makes History with Accessible Spaceflight In a landmark moment for accessibility in space travel, Blue Origin successfully flew a passenger who uses a wheelchair beyond the Kármán line, the internationally recognized edge of space located about 62 miles above Earth. The mission, carried out on a New Shepard suborbital spacecraft, marks the first…
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German Engineer Becomes 1st Wheelchair User to Blast into Space
Trailblazing Moment: A German Engineer Defies Limits In a landmark achievement for space travel and disability inclusion, a German engineer who uses a wheelchair became the first technically disabled person to blast into space aboard a commercial flight. The mission, carrying six passengers in total, marked a historic moment as the paraplegic traveler left her…
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Living in Space: Why Future Linguists and Artists Are Vital to Space Travel
Introduction: A broader vision for space exploration Space Week in Ireland highlights a shift from viewing space as a distant frontier to embracing it as a multidisciplinary ecosystem. Coordinated by MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory, the nationwide programme invites students, families, artists, engineers and communities to explore how life on Earth can inform life beyond it,…