Fifty -five nations have written their commitment to NASA Artemis agreements.
NASA announced Norway’s decision to join Artemis agreements for a “safe, peaceful and prosperous future in space”, as expressed by the website of space agencies. Norway is the third country to join Artemis agreements so far in 2025.
A signature ceremony to welcome Norway Tok Place today (May 15) at the Norwegian Space Agency in Oslo, with Norway’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Cecilie Myrseth, signing on behalf of the Norwegian government.
“The United States and Norway have a long -standing relationship in space. Collaboration dates back to 1962, when NASA supported the first launch mission of civil suborbital rockets of the Arctic Circle of Andøya Spays.
“We are grateful for the strong and significant collaboration that we have already had with the Norwegian space agency,” said NASA’s interim administrator, Janet Petro, in an agency statement. “Now, by signing the agreements of Artemis, Norway not only supports the future of exploration, but also helps us define it with all our partners for the moon, Mars and beyond,” he said.
Artemis agreements were established in October 2020 with the United States and seven other founding countries. The agreements represent a set of principles and guidelines designed to shape how nations explore the moon and deep space. The agreements also echo the key concepts of the 1967 outer space treaty, with the aim of promoting peaceful and cooperative spatial activity.
The Artemis program is NASA’s current initiative to return humans to the Moon to create a sustained presence on the lunar surface and any Mare Mars. The first mission of Artemis, Artemis 1, was launched in November 2022. The mission launched the rocket of the space launch system (SLS) with an Orion spacecraft without a month on a mission of one month around the moon and back.
Artemis 2, which has been delayed because it will allow more time to prepare the Orion capsule after its predecessor, the mission experimentifies problems of heat shield, will fly to four astronauts, a trajectory of “free return” around the moon Eaons eaarth mscems mear isming ascents ass mearing hemis. Scheduled for 2027, it will be the first mission in the program to land astronauts on the lunar surface, but beyond that, the program currently exists in uncertainty.
The “thin budget” recently launched by the White House cuts NASA’s budget at almost 25%. The new budget cancels NASA’s huge SLS rocket after Artemis 3, and Scraps Gateway, the lunar space station also in development for future Artemis missions.
