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Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old German aerospace and mechatronics engineer, made history as the first wheelchair user to travel past the Kármán Line, a common marker for outer space. Her voyage on a Blue Origin New Shepard capsule launched Saturday morning in West Texas.

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A passenger rests on a bench at Munich International Airport in Munich, southern Germany, on early October 4, 2025, after reports of drone sightings again forced Munich airport to close and more than 30 flights had to be cancelled and left nearly 3,000 passengers stranded. New reports of drone sightings again forced Munich airport to close late on October 3, 2025, a day after drones caused more than 30 flights to be cancelled there and left nearly 3,000 passengers stranded. The airport said in a statement on its website that "because of unconfirmed drone sightings air traffic has been cancelled until further notice", the latest in a spate of such incidents heightening security fears in Europe. (Photo by Michaela STACHE / AFP) (Photo by MICHAELA STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)
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