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A tiny robot is on its way to the International Space Station to prove remote space surgery possible

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remote space surgery
04
Aug

What would happen if, years from now, an astronaut felt sick during a space mission to Mars? A trip to the Red Planet takes approximately seven months and over 480 million km, according to NASA. That’s not a small distance to navigate in a medical emergency.

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NASA’s mineral dust detector starts gathering data

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NASA's mineral dust detector
30
Jul

After being installed on the exterior of the International Space Station, NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission has provided its first view of Earth. The milestone, called “first light,” took place at 7:51 p.m. PDT (10:51 p.m. EDT) on July 27 as the space station passed over Western Australia.

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