Space Daily July 16, 2026 • 12:01

Four first-time astronauts with only four hours of training took the first diagnostic X-rays ever captured on human beings in orbit, and radiologists on the ground judged the images clinically usable enough to catch a fracture a quarter-million miles from the neare - Space Daily

$Four first-time astronauts with only four hours of training took the first diagnostic X-rays ever captured on human beings in orbit, and radiologists on the ground judged the images clinically usable enough to catch a fracture a quarter-million miles from the neare - Space Daily$

The first X-ray ever taken of a human body, in 1895, was of Wilhelm Röntgen's wife's hand, wedding ring and all. One hundred and thirty years later, four

The first X-ray ever taken of a human body, in 1895, was of Wilhelm Röntgen’s wife’s hand, wedding ring and all. One hundred and thirty years later, four amateurs orbiting Earth at roughly 17,000 mil… [+7674 chars]

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Four first-time astronauts with only four hours of training took the first diagnostic X-rays ever captured on human beings in orbit, and radiologists on the ground judged the images clinically usable enough to catch a fracture a quarter-million miles from the neare - Space Daily

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