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Jordan Becomes 63rd Signatory to NASA’s Artemis Accords

The step underscores a push to turn a growing pledge of principles into real work on upcoming Moon missions.

The signing ceremony at Nasa’s Washington headquarters. Cody Combs / The National
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Overview

  • Jordan, which signed Thursday at NASA Headquarters in Washington, joined as the 63rd member and the sixth from the Middle East.
  • Ambassador Dina Kawar signed for Jordan and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman welcomed the step, yet officials named no specific Jordan role in Artemis.
  • The nonbinding Accords spell out norms for peaceful exploration, including open data, help in emergencies, object registration, deconflicting activities, and protection of historic sites.
  • U.S. officials said they are recruiting more countries and steering signatories into Artemis work, with NASA linking the pact to its new lunar base plan announced in March.
  • Jordan brings early experience from a 2018 student-built JY1 CubeSat, Mars-like analog missions in Wadi Rum in 2024 and 2025, and a 2025 astronaut candidate named Salam Abu Al Hijja.