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Nebraska Engineering professor and Virtual Incision founder Shane Farritor tells the crowd gathered at Virtual Incision how the tests would be run. Farritor 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.