Michaela 'Mishi' Benthaus

Michaela 'Mishi' Benthaus is an aeronautics and space engineer with the European Space Agency, known for her determination and resilience following a life-altering bicycle accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down. She has been in the news recently as she was scheduled to be part of a historic spaceflight, making her one of the first individuals with a disability to travel to the edge of space, although the launch was postponed shortly before takeoff.