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Panama and Austria signed the Artemis Accords Wednesday throughout separate signing ceremonies at NASA Headquarters in Washington, turning into the forty ninth and fiftieth nations to decide to the accountable exploration of house for all humanity.
“NASA welcomes Panama and Austria to the Artemis Accords group and celebrates 50 international locations united by shared rules for the secure and accountable exploration of house,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson mentioned. “More than ever earlier than, NASA is opening house to extra nations and extra individuals for the good thing about all. Together we’re constructing long-term and peaceable deep house exploration for the Artemis Generation.”
In only a few years, the unique group of eight nation signatories together with the United States has multiplied, with 17 international locations signings in 2024. More than a quantity, the Artemis Accords characterize a strong group, from each area of the world, unified by the identical purpose: to make sure secure and accountable civil house exploration.
Through the Artemis Accords, the United States and different signatories are progressing towards continued secure and sustainable exploration of house with concrete outcomes. They dedicated to a technique of operation and set of suggestions on non-interference, interoperability, launch of scientific knowledge, long-term sustainability pointers, and registration to advance the implementation of the Artemis Accords.
Potential focus areas for the following yr embrace additional advancing sustainability, together with particles administration for each lunar orbit and the floor of the Moon.
Austria Joins Artemis Accords
Petra Schneebauer, ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United States, signed the accords on behalf of Austria, turning into the fiftieth nation signatory.
“Austria is proud to signal the Artemis Accords, an essential step in fostering worldwide cooperation for the civil exploration of the Moon and increasing humanity’s presence within the cosmos,” mentioned Schneebauer. “By signing the Accords, we reaffirm our dedication to the peaceable, accountable, and cooperative use of house whereas emphasizing our help for sturdy multilateral partnerships and scientific progress. This cooperation will open new prospects for Austrian companies, scientists, and analysis establishments to interact in pioneering house initiatives.”
Jennifer Littlejohn, performing assistant secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, additionally participated in Austria’s signing occasion.
Panama Joins Artemis Accords
Earlier Wednesday, Nelson hosted Panama for a signing ceremony. José Miguel Alemán Healy, ambassador of the Republic of Panama to the United States, signed the Artemis Accords on behalf of Panama. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Tony Fernandes for U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs additionally participated within the occasion.
“Today, Panama takes its place amongst many different nations trying not simply to our personal horizons, however to the horizons past our planet – exploring, studying, and contributing to humanity’s collective data,” mentioned Alemán.”This second represents excess of a diplomatic signature. It is a daring dedication to peaceable exploration, scientific discovery, and worldwide collaboration.”
In 2020, the United States, led by NASA with the U.S. Department of State, and 7 different preliminary signatory nations established the Artemis Accords, figuring out a set of rules selling the helpful use of house for humanity.
The Artemis Accords are grounded within the Outer Space Treaty and different agreements together with the Registration Convention, the Rescue and Return Agreement, in addition to greatest practices and norms of accountable habits that NASA and its companions have supported, together with the general public launch of scientific knowledge.
The accords are a voluntary dedication to interact in secure, clear, accountable habits in house, and any nation that wishes to decide to these values is welcome to signal.
Learn extra concerning the Artemis Accords at:
https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-accords
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Meira Bernstein / Elizabeth Shaw
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov / elizabeth.a.shaw@nasa.gov
