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Artemis Accords Expand to 76 Nations

NASA announced that the Artemis Accords have reached 76 signatories with the addition of Albania, Croatia, Côte d’Ivoire, and San Marino, marking a significant expansion in international space cooperation.

This growth represents one of the fastest expansions of international civil space cooperation, with nearly 40% of the world's nations now collaborating on a transparent, peaceful, and responsible approach to space exploration.

The Artemis Accords, launched in 2020 by the U.S. and seven other nations, establish practical principles for safe and coordinated exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Signatories commit to peaceful exploration, rendering aid, enabling scientific data access, avoiding interference, and preserving historical sites.

The Accords are guided by a Signatories Group Method of Operations, adopted in 2024, which includes biannual meetings and virtual sessions to support implementation and advance recommendations on noninterference, interoperability, data sharing, and registration practices.

Recent workshops focused on technical alignment, with countries reviewing lunar missions and participating in sessions on open science and practical tools for sharing lunar data.

The next Principals’ Meeting will address support for emerging space nations and lunar debris mitigation recommendations. NASA has invited all signatories to participate in its return to the Moon through scientific payloads and other capabilities.

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