Your Organ Donation Could Be Delivered by a NASA Drone One Day

Your organ donation could be delivered by a NASA drone one day

13 people die waiting for a transplant every day in the U.S.

UNOS and NASA Partner to Study Drone Organ Transport

UNOS and NASA launch a joint study to examine how UAV flights affect organ viability and how drones could improve transplant logistics nationwide. The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and NASA have announced a new research partnership. The two organizations signed the agreement at UNOS’ Richmond, Virginia headquarters. The study examines how drone technology […] The post UNOS and NASA Partner to Study Drone Organ Transport appeared first …

NASA, Organ Sharing Network UNOS to Study Faster Organ Transport

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Mark Johnson, left, interim CEO of UNOS, and John Koelling, director of the Aeronautics Research Directorate at NASA’s Langley Research Center, shake hands during a signing ceremony marking an agreement to study drone transport for organs.Photo courtesy of UNOS Every second counts in the life-saving world of medical transplants. To help address that urgency, NASA’s La…