Ames Center Director Eugene Tu greeted Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrived at Moffett Field. Secretary Kerry was in Silicon Valley for events around the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit.
Ames Center Director Eugene Tu greeted Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrived at Moffett Field. Secretary Kerry was in Silicon Valley for events around the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit.
Ames Center Director Eugene Tu greeted Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrived at Moffett Field. Secretary Kerry was in Silicon Valley for events around the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is seen during a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy in the Space Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, left, is greeted by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman as he arrives for a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, left, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman are seen as they arrive at a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy in the Space Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Jared Isaacman tours Airbus Defence and Space Facilities in Stevenage, United Kingdom, pictured with Baroness Liz Lloyd, Parliamentary Under‑Secretary of State at DSIT.
S86-39745 (Oct. 1986) --- Edward C. "Pete" Aldridge, Jr., Under Secretary, United States Air Force, payload specialist.
Jared Isaacman tours Airbus Defence and Space Facilities in Stevenage, United Kingdom, pictured with Baroness Liz Lloyd, Parliamentary Under‑Secretary of State at DSIT.
Jared Isaacman tours Airbus Defence and Space Facilities in Stevenage, United Kingdom, pictured with Baroness Liz Lloyd, Parliamentary Under‑Secretary of State at DSIT.
Dr Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State visits Ames. Takes a demonstration ride in the Tesla Motors Electric Car. Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer traveling with Dr Rice addresses the assembled media and Ames staffers
Assistant Secretary of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education David Barker gives remarks during a townhall with students, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Under Secretary of Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security Pedro Allende gives remarks during a townhall with students, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy James Danly gives remarks during a townhall with students, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Deputy Press Secretary George Alderman, standing left, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Space and Environment Connor Tomlinson, seated left, NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha, and Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the United States Ervin Bushati, right, are seen during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Monday, September 21, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Albania is the 73rd 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/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Deputy Press Secretary George Alderman moderates the Artemis Accords signing ceremony with Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D., and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
Acting Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Valda Vikmanis delivers remarks as, seated left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, and Swiss State Secretary Martina Hirayama, look on during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Switzerland is the 37th 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/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, right, presents to Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, left, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, second from left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, Troy Meink, Secretary of the United States Air Force, second from right, and Ethan Klein, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, right, during a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy in the Space Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
From left to right, Acting Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Valda Vikmanis, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, and Swiss State Secretary Martina Hirayama, pose for a photo during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Switzerland is the 37th 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/Keegan Barber)
Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin delivers remarks as, seated left to right, Acting Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Valda Vikmanis, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Swiss State Secretary Martina Hirayama, look on during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Switzerland is the 37th 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/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, speaks with, from left to right, Madoka Ikeda, Secretary of Chairman, Jun Sawada, Chairman of Japan’s National Space Policy Committee (NSPC), Ambassador of Japan to the United States Shigeo Yamada, and Yosuke Kaneko, First Secretary for the Embassy of Japan, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Jun Sawada, Chairman of Japan’s National Space Policy Committee (NSPC), second from left, speaks alongside Madoka Ikeda, Secretary of Chairman, left, Ambassador of Japan to the United States Shigeo Yamada, second from right, and Yosuke Kaneko, First Secretary for the Embassy of Japan, right, during a meeting with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken delivers remarks before U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hayashi Yoshimasa, sign an agreement that builds on a long history of collaboration in space exploration between the U.S. and Japan, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. “The Framework Agreement Between the Government of Japan and the Government of the United States of America for Cooperation in Space Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, For Peaceful Purposes” covers joint activities including space science, Earth science, space operations and exploration, aeronautical science and technology, space technology, space transportation, and safety and mission assurance, among others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, Head of Swiss Space Office Renato Krpoun, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Marco Sieber, Acting Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Valda Vikmanis, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, and Swiss State Secretary Martina Hirayama, University of Bern Director Space & Planetary Sciences Peter Wurz, and Swiss Ambassador to the United States Jacques Pitteloud, pose for a photo during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Switzerland is the 37th 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/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, fourth from right, delivers remarks alongside, seated from left to right, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Wesley Brooks, Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić, Ambassador of Serbia to the Unites States Dragan Šutanovac, and State Secretary at the Ministry of Science, Technological Development & Innovation Marija Gnjatović, during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th 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/Keegan Barber)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić, third from right, delivers remarks alongside, seated from left to right, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Wesley Brooks, NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, Ambassador of Serbia to the Unites States Dragan Šutanovac, and State Secretary at the Ministry of Science, Technological Development & Innovation Marija Gnjatović, during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th 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/Keegan Barber)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks with NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin (at left) in the VIP lounge at the Apollo/Saturn V Center while awaiting launch of Mission STS-88, the first U.S. launch for the International Space Station. Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria is looking on in background
German Deligation visits Ames SOFIA Science Office for briefing. Left to right Jochen Homann, German State Secretary Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, and Manuel Wiedemann, post-doctorate student from the Deutsches SOFIA Institute, University of Stuttgart.
The Marshall Space Flight Center, a NASA field installation, was established at Huntsville, Alabama, in 1960. The Center was named in honor of General George C. Marshall, the Army Chief of Staff during World War II, Secretary of State, and Nobel Prize Wirner for his world-renowned Marshall Plan.
The Marshall Space Flight Center, a NASA field installation, was established at Huntsville, Alabama, in 1960. The Center was named in honor of General George C. Marshall, the Army Chief of Staff during World War II, Secretary of State, and Nobel Prize Wirner for his world-renowned Marshall Plan.
United States Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, May 30, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Peru is the 41st 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/Keegan Barber)
United States Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, May 30, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Peru is the 41st 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/Keegan Barber)
United States Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Sonata Coulter delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, May 30, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Slovakia is the 42nd 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/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, listens to Troy Meink, Secretary of the United States Air Force, right, during a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy in the Space Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From left, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, U.S. Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Samuel W. Bodman, and NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe participate in the launching ceremony for the new Florida quarter, held at the KSC Visitor Complex. In the background is a map of the United States illustrating the state quarters issued to date. The newly unveiled quarter celebrates Florida as the gateway to discovery -- a destination for explorers in the past, a launch site for space explorers of the future, and an inviting place for visitors today.
United States Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Sonata Coulter delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, May 30, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Slovakia is the 42nd 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/Keegan Barber)
United States Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn, right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Chile is the 47th 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/Keegan Barber)
Troy Meink, Secretary of the United States Air Force, left, is greeted by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman as he arrives for a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Troy Meink, Secretary of the United States Air Force, right, looks at a model of NASA’s Perseverance rover NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, and NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, after arriving for a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
United States Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn, right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Chile is the 47th 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/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, Ambassador of Djibouti to the United States, Mohamed Siad Douale, and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Frank Garcia, right, clap after the Artemis Accord signing, Monday, September 14, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Djibouti is the 72nd 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/Bill Ingalls)
A ribbon cutting ceremony on the upgraded eastbound span of the Indian River Bridge is held on June 9, 2023 near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are Florida Department of Transportation State Secretary Jared Perdue; Florida State House Representative Thad Altman; Florida State Senator Tom Wright; Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro; Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez (cutting the ribbon); Frank DiBello, Space Florida President/Chief Executive Officer; Florida State House Representative Tyler Sirois; and FDOT District Five Secretary John Tyler. The new high-rise bridge serves as the primary entrance and exit to the space center for employees and visitors. The bridge spans the Indian River Lagoon and connects Kennedy and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to the mainland via State Road 405/NASA Causeway in Titusville. This first section of the bridge replaces the two-lane drawbridge which was built in the mid-1960s to support the Apollo program.
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, speaks before Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister, Marta Lucía Ramírez, third from right, signs the Artemis Accords, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. Also present were Viceminister of Knowledge, Innovation, and Productivity, Sergio Cristancho Marulanda, second from left, Colombian Ambassador to the U.S., Juan Carlos Pinzón, third from left, U.S. State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary, Mark Wells, second from right, and U.S. State Department Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Jennifer Littlejohn, right. Colombia is the nineteenth 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/Aubrey Gemignani)
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, third from left, gives opening remarks alongside NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, second from left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, third from right, Troy Meink, Secretary of the United States Air Force, second from right, and Ethan Klein, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, right, during a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy in the Space Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Minister of Innovation and Growth for Bulgaria Milena Stoycheva, second from right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony as NASA Press Secretary Jackie McGuinness, left, Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States Georgi Panayotov, second from left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, third from left, and U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Sonata Coulter, right, look on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Bulgaria is the 32nd 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/Keegan Barber)
From left to right, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, National Space Council (NSpC) Executive Secretary Chirag Parikh, Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Anna Christmann, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Director General of the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Walther Pelzer, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn, German Ambassador to the United States Andreas Michaelis, and ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst pose for a group photo during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, September 14, 2023, at the German Ambassador’s Residence in Washington. Germany is the 29th 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/Keegan Barber)
Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister, Marta Lucía Ramírez, speaks before signing the Artemis Accords, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. Also present were Viceminister of Knowledge, Innovation, and Productivity, Sergio Cristancho Marulanda, second from left, Colombian Ambassador to the U.S., Juan Carlos Pinzón, third from left, NASA Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy, center, U.S. State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary, Mark Wells, second from right, and U.S. State Department Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Jennifer Littlejohn, right. Colombia is the nineteenth 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/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, third from right, gives opening remarks alongside NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, second from left, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, third from left, Troy Meink, Secretary of the United States Air Force, second from right, and Ethan Klein, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, right, during a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy in the Space Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Deputy Press Secretary George Alderman, left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Space and Environment Connor Tomlinson, Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology, Mehmet Fatih Kacır, and Turkish Space Agency President, Yusuf Kıraç, right, are seen during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Monday, August 31, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Türkiye is the 71st 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/Bill Ingalls)
From left to right, Ambassador of Peru to the United States Alfredo Ferrero Diez Canseco, Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and United States Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn, pose for a photo during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, May 30, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Peru is the 41st 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/Keegan Barber)
From left to right, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the United States Radovan Javorcik, Slovak Republic Minister of Education, Research, Development, and Youth Tomáš Drucker, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and United States Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Sonata Coulter pose for a photo during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, May 30, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Slovakia is the 42nd 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/Keegan Barber)
From left to right, Chilean Ambassador to the United States Juan Gabriel Valdés, Chilean Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation Aisén Etcheverry Escudero, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and United States Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn pose for a photo after the signing of the Artemis Accords, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Chile is the 47th 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/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, Ambassador of the Republic of Panama to the United States of America José Miguel Alemán Healy, center, and U.S. Department of State Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Tony Fernandes, pose for a picture after the Republic of Panama signed the Artemis Accords, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Panama is the 49th 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)
From left to right, Uruguayan Ambassador to the United States Andrés Augusto Durán Hareau, U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Kevin Sullivan, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini are seen during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Uruguay is the 36th 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/Keegan Barber)
U.S. Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn delivers remarks as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United States of America Petra Schneebauer look on during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Austria is the 50th 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 Bill Nelson, left, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony as Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States Georgi Panayotov, second from left, Minister of Innovation and Growth for Bulgaria Milena Stoycheva, second from right, and U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Sonata Coulter, right, look on, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Bulgaria is the 32nd 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/Keegan Barber)
U.S. Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn delivers remarks as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United States of America Petra Schneebauer look on during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Austria is the 50th 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)
From left to right, Uruguayan Ambassador to the United States Andrés Augusto Durán Hareau, U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Kevin Sullivan, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini are seen during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Uruguay is the 36th 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/Keegan Barber)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the KSC Space Life Sciences Lab, NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe (far right) learns about some of the experiments being conducted. At far left is former astronaut Winston Scott; next to him is U.S. Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore. The new lab is a state-of-the-art facility built for ISS biotechnology research. It was developed as a partnership between NASA-KSC and the State of Florida. The tour followed the launching ceremony at the KSC Visitor Complex for the new Florida quarter issued by the U.S. Mint. The ceremony was emceed by Center Director Jim Kennedy and included remarks by O’Keefe, Bush, Fore and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Samuel W. Bodman.
Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti gives remarks during the Ireland Artemis Accords signing ceremony with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D., and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
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)
Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United States of America Petra Schneebauer delivers remarks as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn look on during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Austria is the 50th 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)
Ambassador of the Republic of Panama to the United States of America José Miguel Alemán delivers remarks as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, center, and U.S. Department of State Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Tony Fernandes look on during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Armenia is the 49th 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)
Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States Lilit Makunts, left, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer Littlejohn, second from left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia look on, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Armenia is the 43rd 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)
Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States Georgi Panayotov, left, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from left, Minister of Innovation and Growth for Bulgaria Milena Stoycheva, second from right, and U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Sonata Coulter, right, look on, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Bulgaria is the 32nd 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/Keegan Barber)
Ambassador of Jordan to the United States Dina Kawar, center, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony alongside NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, and Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Ruth Perry, right, Thursday, April 23, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is the 63rd 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/Keegan Barber)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An aerial photo of the recently completed Space Life Sciences Lab at KSC. The new lab is a state-of-the-art facility built for ISS biotechnology research. It was developed as a partnership between NASA-KSC and the State of Florida. The Lab was the site of a tour by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe, Center Director Jim Kennedy, U.S. Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Samuel W. Bodman. The tour followed the launching ceremony at the KSC Visitor Complex for the new Florida quarter issued by the U.S. Mint. The ceremony was emceed by Kennedy and included remarks by O’Keefe, Bush, Fore and Bodman.
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D., 3rd from left, signs the Artemis Accords during a ceremony with Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, right, Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman gives remarks during the Ireland Artemis Accords signing ceremony with Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D., and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman gives remarks during the Ireland Artemis Accords signing ceremony with Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D., and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason gives remarks during the Ireland Artemis Accords signing ceremony with Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D., Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, right, greets, from left to right, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Wesley Brooks, Ambassador of Serbia to the Unites States Dragan Šutanovac, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić prior to an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th 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/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and U.S. Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn, right, look on as Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United States of America Petra Schneebauer, signs the Artemis Accords, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Austria is the 50th 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, talks with Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D., 2nd from left, Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, left, and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, right, after Ireland signed the Artemis Accords, Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, Ambassador of Djibouti to the United States, Mohamed Siad Douale, and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Frank Garcia, right, are seen during an Artemis Accord signing ceremony with Djibouti, Monday, September 14, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Djibouti is the 72nd 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/Bill Ingalls)
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D. gives remarks during the Ireland Artemis Accords signing ceremony with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, center, speaks with Miloslav Stašek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States, Foreign Affairs Minister for the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavský, and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn, in the Space Operations Center following the signing of the Artemis Accords, Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at The Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. The Czech Republic is the twenty fourth 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)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- KSC Director James W. Kennedy thanks the standing-room-only crowd for attending the ceremony to launch the new Florida quarter at the KSC Visitor Complex. The backdrop is a map of the United States, illustrating the state quarters issued to date. Also on stage are, from left, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, U.S. Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Samuel W. Bodman, and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. The quarter celebrates Florida as the gateway to discovery -- a destination for explorers in the past, a launch site for space explorers of the future, and an inviting place for visitors today.
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Space and Environment Connor Tomlinson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha, and Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the United States Ervin Bushati, right, are seen at the conclusion of an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Monday, September 21, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Albania is the 73rd 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/Bill Ingalls)
U.S. Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn delivers remarks as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United States of America Petra Schneebauer look on during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Austria is the 50th 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)
Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United States of America Petra Schneebauer delivers remarks as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn look on during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Austria is the 50th 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 Bill Nelson delivers remarks as Ambassador of the Republic of Panama to the United States of America José Miguel Alemán, center, and U.S. Department of State Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Tony Fernandes look on during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Armenia is the 49th 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)
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer Littlejohn, left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia, and Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States Lilit Makunts, pose for a picture after the signing of the Artemis Accords, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Armenia is the 43rd 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)
Ambassador of the Republic of Panama to the United States of America José Miguel Alemán, left, delivers remarks as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and U.S. Department of State Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Tony Fernandes look on during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Armenia is the 49th 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)
Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason gives remarks during the Ireland Artemis Accords signing ceremony with Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D., Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Florida Gov. Jeb Bush addresses the audience at a ceremony to launch the new Florida quarter, held at the KSC Visitor Complex. The Solid Rocket Booster/External Tank exhibit towers over a map of the United States set up on stage, illustrating the state quarters issued to date. Sharing the stage with him are, from left, U.S. Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Samuel W. Bodman, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, and KSC Director James W. Kennedy. The quarter celebrates Florida as the gateway to discovery -- a destination for explorers in the past, a launch site for space explorers of the future, and an inviting place for visitors today.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Center Director Jim Kennedy presents a Florida flag to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. The flag was flown during construction of the Space Life Sciences Lab through dedication of the Lab. The presentation was during a tour of the Lab following the launching ceremony at the KSC Visitor Complex for the new Florida quarter issued by the U.S. Mint. The ceremony was emceed by Center Director Jim Kennedy and included remarks by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe, Bush, U.S. Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Samuel W. Bodman. The new lab is a state-of-the-art facility built for ISS biotechnology research. It was developed as a partnership between NASA-KSC and the State of Florida.
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D., 3rd from left, signs the Artemis Accords during a ceremony with Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, right, Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
From left to right, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Ambassador of Jordan to the United States Dina Kawar, and Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Ruth Perry, pose for a photo following an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, April 23, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is the 63rd 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/Keegan Barber)
From left to right, Uruguayan Ambassador to the United States Andrés Augusto Durán Hareau, U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Kevin Sullivan, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini are seen during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Uruguay is the 36th 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/Keegan Barber)
Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti gives remarks during the Ireland Artemis Accords signing ceremony with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D., and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer Littlejohn, second from left, Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia, and Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States Lilit Makunts look on, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Armenia is the 43rd 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)
Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, left, US Ambassador to Ireland Edward Walsh, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D., NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, right, pose for a group photograph after Ireland signed the Artemis Accords, Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D. signs the Artemis Accords during a ceremony with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, greets, from left to right, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Wesley Brooks, Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić, and Ambassador of Serbia to the Unites States Dragan Šutanovac prior to an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th 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/Keegan Barber)
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, third from right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony alongside Ambassador of Jordan to the United States Dina Kawar, second from right, and Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Ruth Perry, right, Thursday, April 23, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is the 63rd 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/Keegan Barber)
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke T.D. gives remarks during the Ireland Artemis Accords signing ceremony with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Ireland is the 66th 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/Bill Ingalls)
Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia, left, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer Littlejohn, second from left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States Lilit Makunts, look on, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Armenia is the 43rd 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 Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, center, Ambassador of Djibouti to the United States, Mohamed Siad Douale, left, and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Frank Garcia, right, pose for a group photograph after the Artemis Accord signing, Monday, September 14, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Djibouti is the 72nd 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/Bill Ingalls)