Four new countries—Albania, Croatia, Côte d’Ivoire, and San Marino—have signed the Artemis Accords, NASA announced. The additions bring the total number of participating countries to 76.
With the new signatories, NASA said that nearly 40% of the world's nations are now collaborating with the agency through the accords. The agency also noted that nearly two-thirds of the countries that signed the 1967 Outer Space Treaty have signed the Artemis Accords.
The accords were originally launched in 2020 by the United States and seven other nations. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, nearly one-third of all current signatories have joined since the start of President Trump’s second term.
Isaacman stated that the accelerating participation indicates expanding support for peaceful space exploration and a shared recognition that active leadership will define the domain's future. He added that as the president directs NASA to return Americans to the lunar surface and lay the groundwork for Mars, the agency is expanding its coalition of partners.
The Artemis Accords community operates under the Signatories Group Method of Operations, a procedural framework adopted in 2024 under which member nations meet twice annually.
The next major gathering, the 2026 Artemis Accords Principals’ Meeting, will begin on Monday, October 5, at the International Astronautical Congress in Antalya, Türkiye. The session will be co-chaired by NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson and Peruvian Space Agency (CONIDA) Director Major General Roberto Melgar Sheen.
