@MaryKateCooper

💫1st Disabled Crew in Zero-G @AstroAccess 🌲Stanford ‘23 🚀

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Congratulations, Michi! You just inspired millions to look up and imagine what is possible 🚀
Blue Origin
@blueorigin20 Dec 2025
Michaela (Michi) Benthaus will become the first wheelchair user to cross the Kármán line. Her story, advocacy, and passion are evident in everything she does.
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Andrew Luck screaming BALL mid interview One of us!

X. It’s what’s happening

From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary.

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Big day for launches.
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SpaceX
@SpaceX9 Aug 2025
Watch Dragon and Crew-10 return to Earth → spacex.com/launches/crew10 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1OwxWXerX…

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

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SpaceX
@SpaceX4 Apr 2025
Dragon and the @framonauts splashed down off the coast of California earlier today, completing the first human spaceflight mission to explore the Earth’s polar regions!
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SpaceX
@SpaceX22 Nov 2024
Starship landing burn and splashdown in the Indian Ocean
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SpaceX
@SpaceX25 Sep 2024
SpaceX engineers have spent years preparing and months testing for the booster catch attempt on Flight 5, with technicians pouring tens of thousands of hours into building the infrastructure to maximize our chances for success
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@PolarisProgram12 Sep 2024
SpaceX and the Polaris Dawn crew have completed the first commercial spacewalk! “SpaceX, back at home we all have a lot of work to do, but from here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world.” — Mission Commander @rookisaacman during Dragon egress and seeing our planet from ~738 km
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@SpaceX11 Sep 2024
Achievement unlocked - apogee 1,400.7 km Forward bulkhead Draco firing during burn 🔥
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Cheers to an epic 2023!! youtu.be/qqYqcJ0ISa0?feature…

A Year In Review 2023

One Second A Day 2023!! Music Credit Marvelous - Wallows Dog Da...

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I am honored to represent the U.S. for the Parastronaut Analog Mission @LunaresResearch. Starting next week, I am off to Poland for one week of extreme-environment survival training & two weeks of isolation with my crew mates to research hyper-ability & accessibility in space.
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Feeling incredibly grateful to be invited to speak at world’s biggest airshow, Oshkosh!! I am thrilled for the chance to meet all the young women interested in aerospace ✈️🤍@EAA @WomenSoar1
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Great story from @Stanford on Mary Cooper and Jody Greenhalgh's important contributions to @AstroAccess: scopeblog.stanford.edu/2023/…
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An amazing project by some of the most amazing people. scopeblog.stanford.edu/2023/… @astroaccess @MaryKateCooper #AstroAccess #GalacticAccessibility #SpaceForEveryone @FunkyFernandes
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Great story on @AstroAccess in the @DailyMail: dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/…

Disabled astronauts complete a zero-gravity flight 25000ft above Earth

Fourteen crew members, who have mobility, vision and hearing difficulties, completed a zero-gravity flight 25,000ft above Earth to understand how to make space travel more accessible.

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Eric Ingram@Eric_Ingram17 Dec 2022
Excited to see this segment today from @GioBenitez on @GMA about @astroaccess ! #AstroAccess @Astro_Cady
Gio Benitez@GioBenitez17 Dec 2022
Coming up on @GMA on this Saturday, we are boarding a @GoZeroG flight with @astroaccess, aimed at proving that people with disabilities can go to space! 🚀
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AstroAccess@astroaccess17 Dec 2022
Check us out on @GMA! Big shoutout to @GioBenitez for an awesome story! We couldn’t have done it without our amazing partners at @GoZeroG and help from @dylan! #GalacticAccessibility
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Cady Coleman@Astro_Cady17 Dec 2022
"Very few of us are going to be astronauts right now, in the 21st century. But all of us - every single one of us - can focus on the thing that we love. And also say to you especially to kids, 'Science belongs to you.' (more👇)
Full #AA2 crew on tarmac before boarding Zero-G plane

ALT Full #AA2 crew on tarmac before boarding Zero-G plane

L to R: Ambassador Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen , Ambassador Lucas Radaelli (Brazil), Gio Benitez - getting ready to fly! Second row: Liz Warren, Theo Shomsky from SonicCloud, Vicky Garcia – hearing ambassador from NASA Marshall

ALT L to R: Ambassador Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen , Ambassador Lucas Radaelli (Brazil), Gio Benitez - getting ready to fly! Second row: Liz Warren, Theo Shomsky from SonicCloud, Vicky Garcia – hearing ambassador from NASA Marshall

#AA2 Ambassador Lucas Radaelli and me. Tactile navigation decals have Braille symbols to help locate emergency resources like fire extinguisher or exit.

ALT #AA2 Ambassador Lucas Radaelli and me. Tactile navigation decals have Braille symbols to help locate emergency resources like fire extinguisher or exit.

Ambassador Denna Lambert and me. Deena works at NASA HQ as Accessibility Lead for NASA's Early Stage Innovations & Partnerships 6990 Ambassadors John Kemp and Michi Kemphaus strapped in with an adaptive airplane seat between them.

ALT Ambassador Denna Lambert and me. Deena works at NASA HQ as Accessibility Lead for NASA's Early Stage Innovations & Partnerships 6990 Ambassadors John Kemp and Michi Kemphaus strapped in with an adaptive airplane seat between them.

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Cady Coleman@Astro_Cady15 Dec 2022
Getting ready to GO!! @lucasradaelli @GioBenitez @gtwhitesides @SirishaBandla @Eric_Ingram @robogrill #MaryCooper @AstroAccess @goZeroG #AA2 #GalacticAccessibility #SpaceForAll
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Cady Coleman@Astro_Cady14 Dec 2022
Thank you for the Birthday wishes! Flying @GoZeroG with the @astroaccess Ambassadors is the absolute best way to spend the day! #GalacticAccessbility #SpaceForAll
Association of Space Explorers@ASE_Astronauts14 Dec 2022
#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member @Astro_Cady, who flew to space three times between 1995 and 2011 (STS-73, STS-93, and Soyuz TMA-20), including as part of an expedition to the @Space_Station (Expedition 26/27)!
Official portrait of Cady Coleman

ALT Official portrait of Cady Coleman

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