NASA Langley Research Center and UNOS test drones for organ delivery

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Researchers at the Langley Research Center are testing whether drones could deliver organs to hospitals, a move that could reduce critical delays in transplants.

The mission of finding faster ways of transportation has brought United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), which manages the nation’s organ transplant system, and NASA together.

“It’s been funny because people have been asking me, ‘NASA and organ transportation? Are we sending organs to space?’” said Kaitlin Swanner, the senior policy analyst for UNOS…

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