Artemis Accords
The Artemis Accords are a US-led, non-binding set of principles governing civil space exploration, first announced in October 2020, intended to establish norms for peaceful, transparent, and interoperable lunar and deep-space activity consistent with the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. They cover issues such as registration of space objects, interoperability of systems, emergency assistance, release of scientific data, protection of heritage sites, and the extraction and use of space resources.
- India signed the Artemis Accords on 21 June 2023 in Washington, D.C., becoming the 27th signatory nation.
- India is a signatory to the Accords but is not formally part of NASA's Artemis Program (the mission-specific effort to return humans to the Moon) — the two are distinct: one is a framework of principles, the other is a NASA-run mission architecture.
- The Accords are grounded in and reaffirm the binding 1967 Outer Space Treaty, to which India is also a party.
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