The Republic of San Marino has signed the Artemis Accords and is now the 76th country to join them. According to NASA, the signing took place on Friday at a ceremony in the Italian city of Rimini. Officials from NASA and the U.S. Department of State attended.
NASA's deputy administrator welcomed the move. He said San Marino is joining a growing group of countries that want space exploration to be peaceful, transparent and responsible.
The Artemis Accords were launched in 2020 alongside NASA's Artemis program. They set out non-binding principles for civil space activities, including sharing scientific data, making spacecraft interoperable, providing emergency help to astronauts, reducing orbital debris and protecting heritage sites on other worlds. San Marino's signature shows that even very small nations are choosing to back these shared rules for lunar and deep-space exploration.
