Tag: Space Pharmaceuticals
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CAS Space Expands Space Pharma Partnership, Plans 2027 Lihong-2 Debut With Pharmaceutical Payload
CAS Space and Guangzhou Laboratory have begun jointly developing space pharmaceutical payloads and plan to conduct validation experiments for space-based drug research. The first payloads are scheduled to fly aboard the reusable Lihong-2 vehicle on a suborbital mission in the first quarter of 2027. The mission will carry out crystallization experiments involving proteins and small-molecule…
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UK Space Agency Awards Contracts to Advance In-Orbit Manufacturing
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has awarded contracts worth more than $1.1 million to three British companies to develop technologies for manufacturing products in microgravity, the agency said. The funding aims to accelerate research into producing advanced materials and medicines in space, where conditions such as microgravity and vacuum can yield higher-quality results than on…