Finland became the 53rd coury to join the Artemis Pact for lunar exploration.
According to RCO News Agency, The Artemis Accords recely gained its 53rd member state, strengthening NASA’s efforts to foster peaceful space exploration and iernational cooperation.
Finland joined NASA’s Artemis Treaty on 21 January 2025 through a signing ceremony held on the sidelines of the 2025 Wier Satellite Workshop in Finland.
The signing makes the Nordic coury the latest coury to commit to safe and responsible space exploration for the benefit of humanity, according to a NASA stateme.
Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Wille Rydman, said in a stateme: “Finland has been part of the space exploration community for decades, with Finnish companies and research institutes producing many innovations and technologies.”
He added: We will strengthen our partnership with the United States and other allies by becoming a member of the Artemis Treaty. Our goal is that this collaboration will open up opportunities for the Finnish space sector in the new era of space exploration and the Artemis program.
“Today, Finland joins a community of couries that wa to freely share scieific data, operate safely and preserve the space environme for future Artemis generations,” NASA Vice Preside Jim Free said in pre-recorded remarks at the eve. .
The Artemis Treaty was established in October 2020, when eight major couries signed it. The treaty is a set of statemes that set out common principles, guidelines and best practices for exploring the moon and beyond. The agreeme also reaffirms the principles established in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty to help govern space for iernational cooperation.
After Liechtenstein, Thailand, Panama and Austria, Finland became the latest coury in the growing list of iernational signatories to the Artemis Treaty.
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