THE Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology and the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly establish a space hospital in the future. This project aims to enhance astronauts’ health and expand in-orbit medical monitoring and life support capabilities. The space hospital is expected to make breakthroughs in fields such as aerospace, medicine, and biology and conduct cutting-edge research in outer-space life and health support. It will also conduct research on non-astronaut space travel, interstellar exploration, and other space-related health support needs. According to the agreement, both sides will leverage their unique strengths in medical devices, bio-pharmaceuticals, innovative medical technologies, and aerospace science to establish the hospital. They will cooperate on validating advanced medical equipment for space use, developing innovative medical technologies and drugs, and researching life support systems. The partnership will also focus on the development of key technologies, experiments, and tests for deep-space hospitals and interstellar migration. (Xinhua) | 