Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 422, The Artemis Accords.

I'm Joseph Zoxchewski, and I'll be your host today.

On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts, all to let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight and more.

Humanity has an innate need to explore. For centuries,

we have explored our planet, both land and sea, then we went beyond the planet's surface to low Earth

orbit. And then, just over 50 years ago, we went even further to explore the equatorial region

of the Moon with the Apollo program. Now the Artemis program is taking us back to the

moon to explore the Lunar South Pole, this time with international cooperation coupled with

guiding principles to help support and sustain exploration today and into the future. The Artemis

Accords were established in 2020 as principles for a safe, peaceful, and prosperous future in space.

Under the Accords, we will explore together guided by the shared commitments.

Joining me today, we have Kathleen Carricka, the Administrator's Senior Advisor for International

and Interagency Relations, and Kim Hurst, lead of the Artemis Accords for NASA from the Office of International and Interagency Relations to tell us all about what that looks like.

Let's get started.

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