240210 Robotic Surgery 3651

Rachael Wagner, a Husker doctoral student, gets a chance at surgically cutting a rubber band on the International Space Station as Nebraska Engineering professor and Virtual Incision founder Shane Farritor looks on. Virtual Incision successfully performed robotic surgery on the International Space Station. Controlled from the Virtual Incision offices in Lincoln, NE, surgeons cut rubber bands–mimicking surgery–inside a payload box on the International Space Station. February 10, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.