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ARTEMIS ACCORDS
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Sweden became the 38th country to sign the Artemis Accords.
What is Artemis Accord?
- It is a US-led alliance seeking to facilitate international collaboration in planetary exploration and research.
- It relates to activities in orbit, on the surface, and in the subsurface of the moon, Mars, comets, and asteroids.
- It also covers the stable orbital points known as the Lagrangian points for the Earthmoon system.
- It was launched on October 13, 2020 with Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.
- The Accords have been signed by 39 countries till now.
- On June 21,2023 India became the 27th country to sign the Artemis Accords.
- China and Russia are not part of this initiative.
- These are a non-binding set of principles.