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Scientists test cataract implants in space for future Mars missions
Researchers test cataract implants aboard International Space Station
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A team of US researchers sent 135 unpackaged artificial lenses used in cataract surgery to the International Space Station. The lenses spent approximately six months exposed to conditions in low-Earth orbit before returning to Earth for analysis.
“A trip to Mars could take months. So what happens if an astronaut develops a serious eye problem halfway there?”
EuronewsUS research team Researchers conducting space medicine study
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