Acting Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Valda Vikmanis delivers remarks 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)

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)

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)

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)

U.S. Department of State Director of the Office of Space Affairs Valda Vikmanis Keller, right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at the Embassy of Ecuador in Washington. Ecuador is the twenty sixth 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. State Department Director of the Office of Space Affairs for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Valda Vikmanis-Keller, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Tuesday, June 7, 2022, prior to the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) 60th Anniversary event at the French Ambassador’s Residence in Washington. France is the twentieth 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, Ecuador Minster of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries Julio José Prado, Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States Ivonne A-Baki, Ecuador Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility Gustavo Manrique Miranda, U.S. Department of State Director of the Office of Space Affairs Valda Vikmanis Keller, and NASA Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations Karen Feldstein, pose for a photo during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at the Embassy of Ecuador in Washington. Ecuador is the twenty sixth 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)