Serbia Joins Artemis Accords, Opening NASA Collaboration

Overview

• Serbia, which signed the Artemis Accords Thursday, July 16, 2026, became the 69th nation to join the U.S.-led agreement.
• The signing took place at NASA’s Mary W. Jackson Headquarters and was carried out by Serbia’s foreign minister Marko Đurić with NASA Deputy Administrator Matthew Anderson and State Department Assistant Secretary Wesley Brooks present.
• By joining the Accords Serbia becomes eligible to propose science and technology payloads, provide CubeSats for Artemis missions, and take part in planning for a sustained Moon Base.
• The move follows Serbia’s May 2024 accession to China’s International Lunar Research Station and shows that some countries pursue parallel ties to both U.S. and Chinese lunar initiatives.
• The Artemis Accords, created in 2020 and led by NASA and the U.S. State Department, are nonbinding principles that promote peaceful conduct, data sharing, deconfliction, heritage protection, and coordinated international participation in lunar exploration.