Aquanauts practice for moon trips

A NASA team of six is wrapping up an 18 underwater mission after testing, among other things, how astronauts might interact with robotic space explorers.  The team, designated NEEMO 9, has lived in the Aquarius undersea habitat near Key Largo, in the Florida Keys.

Activities have included simulated moonwalks and remote, robotic surgery with an artificial two second Earth-to-Moon communications delay.  The surgery was performed by a doctor 1300 miles distant in the city of Hamilton, Ontario Canada.

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