A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Dec. 20, leaving her wheelchair on Earth while she floated in space, looking at the planet from on high.

Severely injured in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user in space, launching from West Texas with Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin. She was accompanied by a retired SpaceX executive born in Germany, Hans Koenigsmann, who helped organize and, along with Blue Origin, sponsored her trip. Their ticket prices were not divulged.

An ecstatic Benthaus said she laughed all the way up — the capsule soared more than 65 miles (105 kilometers) — and tried to turn upside down once in space.

“It was the coolest experience,” she said shortly after landing.

The 10-minute flight required only minor adjustments to accommodate Benthaus, the company said. That’s because the autonomous New Shepard capsule was designed with accessibility in mind, “making it more accessible to a wider range of people than traditional spaceflight,” said Blue Origin engineer Jake Mills.