Business EconomyPosted at: Mar 11 2026 6:43PM


ISRO-AIIMS ink MoU for space medicine and research

Chennai, March 11 (UNI) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Cooperation in Space Medicine and Research.
According to ISRO, the MoU aims to promote joint research aligned with ISRO’s priority areas, with a shared objective of advancing human health, performance and safety during human space missions.
The MoU was signed and exchanged by Dinesh Kumar Singh, Director, Human Spaceflight Centre and Dr Srinivas M, Director, AIIMS in the presence of Dr V Narayanan, Chairman, ISRO & Secretary, Department of Space.
ISRO said long-duration human space missions such as Bharatiya Antariksh Station and Crewed Missions to the Moon offer unique medical challenges due to the extreme space environment and microgravity.
This co-operation is targeted to conduct ground/space-based studies to develop multidisciplinary space medicine expertise, medical devices, procedures, and protocols to maintain human health and performance under extreme space environments as well as advance health care for the nation.

The Indian space agency said focused research & developments are planned in the fields of human physiology, behavioural health, immunology and gut Microbiome, biomedical, neuroscience, neurophysiology, nutrition, metabolic health, musculoskeletal atrophy and aging in microgravity, infectious diseases control and countermeasures for improving human health and performance in space environment.
Through this research collaboration, ISRO and AIIMS reaffirm their commitment to advancing space medicine, fostering interdisciplinary research and building long-term institutional cooperation to support India’s human space flight programme initiatives and it will also spur new innovations and create new opportunities for the scientific community in the country, the Indian space agency said.

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