Jānis Beķeris, Chargé D’Affaires a.i. at the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the United States delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Latvia is the 62nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dace Melbārde, Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Latvia is the 62nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dace Melbārde, Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science signs the Artemis Accords, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Latvia is the 62nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Jānis Beķeris, Chargé D’Affaires a.i. at the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the United States, right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony alongside Jacob Helberg, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, second from left, and Dace Melbārde, Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science, second from right, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Latvia is the 62nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, second from left, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony alongside Jacob Helberg, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, left, Dace Melbārde, Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science, second from right, and Jānis Beķeris, Chargé D’Affaires a.i. at the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the United States right, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Latvia is the 62nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Jānis Beķeris, Chargé D’Affaires a.i. at the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the United States, right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony alongside Jacob Helberg, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, second from left, and Dace Melbārde, Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science, second from right, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Latvia is the 62nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman left, shakes hands with Dace Melbārde, Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science, following a signing of the Artemis Accords, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Latvia is the 62nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman left, shakes hands with Dace Melbārde, Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science, following a signing of the Artemis Accords, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Latvia is the 62nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Jacob Helberg, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, second from left, Dace Melbārde, Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science, second from right, and Jānis Beķeris, Chargé D’Affaires a.i. at the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the United States, right, are seen following an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Latvia is the 62nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dace Melbārde, Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science, second from right, delivers remarks at an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, alongside NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, second from left, Jacob Helberg, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, left, and Jānis Beķeris, Chargé D’Affaires a.i. at the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the United States, right, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Latvia is the 62nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Jacob Helberg, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, second from left, Dace Melbārde, Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science, second from right, and Jānis Beķeris, Chargé D’Affaires a.i. at the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the United States, right, pose for a picture after an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Latvia is the 62nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Latvia is the 62nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ISS011-E-12415 (31 August 2005) --- Aurora Borealis and lights in Finland, Russia, Estonia and Latvia are featured in this digital still picture taken by the Expedition 11 crew aboard the international space station. If it were daylight parts of the Eastern Baltic Sea would be visible. The station was over a point on Earth located at 50.6 degrees north latitude and 15.1 degees east longitude at the time. The cluster of stars to the lower right of the thin crescent Moon is the Praesepe or Beehive Cluster in Cancer. Just to the right of that is the planet Saturn.

iss066e116300 (Jan. 17, 2022) --- A faint aurora and the Earth's atmospheric glow crown this night time photograph of Northern Europe, as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles above. Prominent city lights include those of (from right to left) Berlin, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Oslo, Norway. At center, is the Baltic Sea separating the Scandinavian nations of Sweden and Finland from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania