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NEEMO 7
NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations
Pictures
Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk is performing laparoscopic telesurgery onboard Aquarius. (Photo: NASA)
Visitors circle around Aquarius. (Photo: NASA)
The crew on Aquarius welcome Inuktun, a small rover.
(Photo: NASA)
A NEEMO 7 crewmember on an aqualung expedition outside Aquarius. (Photo: NASA)
Cady Coleman with the two Aquarius technicians.
(Photo: NASA)
Dr Anvari, CMAS director, assists and mentors Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk through a laparoscopic procedure on a training model.
NEEMO 7 crewmembers as they leave Aquarius on their first excursion.
Craig McKinley extends a cave reel. (Photo: NASA)
Craig McKinley sets up the laparoscope to perform the removal of a gallbladder. (Photo: NASA)
Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk aims for proficiency with the telerobotics instruments. (Photo: NASA)
Canadian astronaut Dave Williams is supervising the mission from above. (Photo: NASA)
Canadian astronaut Dr. Dave Williams discussed the applications and challenges of telesurgery with medicine students during a meeting at Queen's University. NEEMO 7 commander Dr. Robert Thirsk (left screen) and mission scientist Dr. Mehran Anvari (right screen) participated in the discussion via video link.
(Photo: Ian MacAlpine/CP Images)
Videos
In this short video, we can see Dr. Craig McKinley and Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk conduct telesurgery. See the video (1.75 MB)
The underwater environment allows Robert Thirsk to recreate the conditions of a spacewalk when there is almost no gravity. The Canadian astronaut simulates digging the seafloor with a percussion drill. See the video (1.02 MB)
