Michaela Benthaus

Some Lesser Known Facts About Michaela Benthaus

• Michaela Benthaus started mountain-biking in 2016.

  

• From October 2016 to April 2021, she served as a Working Student at Linz Centre of Mechatronics GmbH (LCM) in Linz, Austria.

• In September 2022, Michaela Benthaus started working as an intern at GSOC/Space Flight Dynamics German Aerospace Centre (DLR). She served in the position till October 2022.

• From January 2023 to January 2024, she served as a working student at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

• In October 2024, Michaela Benthaus joined the European Space Agency as a YGT in Mars Radio Occultation in Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands.

• In July 2022, she was appointed as an Astro Access ambassador and parabolic flight.

• In April 2024, Michaela Benthaus served at an Analogue Mission at the Lunares Research Station.

• In 2018, she met with a mountain-biking accident, which caused her a spinal cord injury and affected her ability to walk.

• In 2022, Michaela Benthaus completed an analogue astronaut mission by flying on a Zero-G research flight.

  

• In December 2025, she made headlines when she became the first wheelchair user to go above the Karman Line and return safely to Earth.

• Michaela Benthaus flew with five crewmates on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket. It was a short suborbital trip using the New Shepard rocket.

  

• She is a fitness enthusiast who regularly attends the gym. She often shares pictures of her gym sessions on social media.

  

• Michaela Benthaus is an animal lover and has a pet dog. She often shares pictures of her pet on social media.

  

• She is often spotted enjoying alcoholic beverages on various occasions.

  

• Michaela Benthaus likes travelling to distant places, swimming, playing guitar, skiing, and playing tennis in her free time.