WASHINGTON (AN) — Seven nations joined the United States in signing agreements to reinforce and use U.N.-brokered international rules for cooperating on and around the surface of the Moon, NASA announced on Tuesday.
The agreements, known as the Artemis Accords, also would establish procedures for nations to share their plans and discoveries and set up so-called "safe zones" for private businesses to mine or otherwise extract resources from the Moon.
Science & Technology — Artemis Accords (2020) — Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) — Global Issues — Intelsat Agreement 1971 — International Space Station (ISS) — Launch Registration Convention 1976 — Liability Convention 1972 — Moon Agreement 1984 — Outer Space Treaty 1967 — Partial Test Ban Treaty 1963 — Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS) Treaty — Rescue Agreement 1968 — U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) — United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) — United Nations (U.N.) — Americas — Asia-Pacific — Europe
