43rd Signatory Of The Artemis Accords : Armenia
Armenia becomes the 43rd signatory of the Artemis Accords, a set of principles for global space exploration cooperation led by NASA.
- The Artemis Accords, established in 2020 by NASA and seven founding member nations, including the US, are a set of non-binding principles aimed at guiding civil space exploration.
- With 43 signatories, including India (signed in 2023), the accords promote peaceful, sustainable, and transparent cooperation in space, grounded in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967.
- Armenia is a landlocked country in the mountainous Caucasus region between Asia and Europe. Yerevan is the capital.
- Armenia was the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion.
- It underwent the Armenian genocide during World War I.
- After periods of independence and Soviet rule, it became independent in 1991.
