Chile became the 47th signatory to the Artemis Accords at a ceremony at NASA Headquarters today. Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation Aisén Etcheverry signed on behalf of Chile in the presence of Ambassador of Chile Juan Gabriel Valdés, State Department Acting Assistant Secretary Jennifer R. Littlejohn, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
The United States welcomes Chile's signature of the Artemis Accords as an important step to increase our already robust science and technology cooperation. Chile's leadership of the space pillar of the America's Partnership for Economic Prosperity makes it well placed to help implement the Artemis principles for a safe, peaceful, and prosperous future in space. The U.S.-Chile bilateral relationship spans more than 200 years, based upon shared values of democratic governance and rule-of-law. We are pleased to deepen this cooperation and continue to extend it to outer space.
The Artemis Accords were established in 2020 by the United States and seven other countries. They set out a practical set of principles to guide space exploration. Chile joins the United States and 45 other nations - Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay - in affirming the Accords' principles for sustainable civil space activity. The Department of State and NASA lead the United States' outreach and implementation of the Accords.
