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From floating guts to 'sticky' blood – here's how to do surgery in space

From floating guts to 'sticky' blood – here's how to do surgery in space

Surgical emergencies are in fact one of the main challenges when it comes to human space travel. Mars is a whopping 54.6 million kilometres (33.9 million miles) away from Earth, when closest. For surgical emergencies on the ISS, the procedure is to stabilise the patient and transport them back to Earth, aided by telecommunication in real time.