Surgery in space? These UofL researchers are working to make it possible in partnership with NASA, Virgin Galactic

It only takes about six hours to get to the International Space Station and roughly three days to get to the moon. But to reach Mars, astronauts will have to travel 140 million miles in deep space. For NASA's Perseverance Rover, the journey took about seven months. That's a reality NASA has been grappling with as it prepares for a manned mission to the Red Planet as soon as the 2030s. Outside of input from Mission Control, astronauts will have to be largely self-sufficient, which includes the…