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Holoportation Brings Telemedicine to the ISS

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Tom Patton
Apr 26, 2022
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In October 2021, NASA for the first time used holoportation to facilitate a doctor visit to the ISS. NASA flight surgeon Dr. Josef Schmid, industry partner AEXA Aerospace CEO Fernando De La Pena Llaca, and their teams were the first humans “holoported” from Earth into space.

“This is a completely new manner of human communication across vast distances.”

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