BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Little can be done if an astronaut has a medical emergency while aboard the International Space Station.
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However, that may soon change.
Cutting-edge robotic tech has allowed the surgical community and NASA to successfully conduct a simulated surgery on the ISS.
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The simulation was done with surgeons using their sure and steady hands back on Earth.
They had to account for both zero gravity and a time delay.
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It’s the first-ever surgical experiment in space.
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