Israel joins NASA-led Artemis space program to land human on Moon, Mars
Jan 27, 2022
Jerusalem (Israel), January 27: Israel on Wednesday signed the Artemis Accords and joined the U.S.-led program to land human beings on the Moon by 2025 and later on Mars, Israel Space Agency (ISA) said on Wednesday.
The agreement, signed by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and ISA Director-General Uri Oron, sets out principles for cooperation in space exploration and civil use of the Moon, Mars, comets and asteroids for peaceful purposes, ISA added.
Other members of the program include Australia, Ukraine, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Brazil, Britain, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Poland, South Korea, and Canada.
The signing will allow Israel to join the program in a variety of research and science cooperation, and strengthen commercial and economic collaboration with the space industries of the signatories, according to the ISA.
Israel is part of the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission scheduled for March when an Israeli spacesuit will be tested to protect astronauts from solar radiation.
Source: Xinhua
