The United States Welcomes Senegal’s Signing of the Artemis Accords

Senegal turned the 56th signatory of the Artemis Accords at NASA HQ at this time. Director General of the Senegalese Space Studies Agency Maram Kaïré signed the Artemis Accords on behalf of the Government of Senegal within the presence of Senior Bureau Official for African Affairs Jonathan Pratt and NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes.

The United States and Senegal have loved a powerful and enduring partnership since establishing diplomatic relations in 1960. We sit up for persevering with our partnership to broaden Senegal’s area capabilities, foster innovation, and promote financial prosperity. By signing the Artemis Accords, Senegal joins a rising coalition of nations on the continent of Africa and overseas that share a imaginative and prescient of peaceable exploration and use of outer area.

The United States and 7 different nations established the Artemis Accords in 2020 to function a set of sensible rules to information accountable area exploration. Senegal joins the United States and 54 different nations – Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the Republic of Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay – in affirming the Accords’ rules for sustainable civil area exercise. The Department of State and NASA lead the United States’ outreach and implementation of the Accords.