Overview
- Ireland, which signed Monday at NASA Headquarters in Washington, became the 66th country to join the U.S.-led Artemis Accords.
- Malta signed earlier Monday in Kalkara as the 65th signatory, with Minister Clifton Grima signing in the presence of NASA and U.S. State Department officials.
- With Ireland onboard, all 23 European Space Agency member states are now signatories, leaving Croatia as the only European Union member yet to sign.
- The Artemis Accords set nonbinding norms for space activity that include transparency, sharing scientific data, rendering aid, avoiding interference, and protecting historic sites.
- The additions cap a 15‑day surge of five new members after Latvia, Jordan, and Morocco signed, as NASA uses the Accords to coordinate international roles in its Artemis lunar campaign.