Switzerland Officially Joins The Artemis Agreement

NASA administrator Bill Nelson and Swiss Federal Council Member Guy Parmelin (photo: dock. NASA)

JAKARTA NASA announced that Switzerland has become the 37th country to support the Artemis mission. The country signed an agreement contract on Monday, April 15 at NASA Headquarters. As usual, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson was present to welcome representatives from countries wishing to join, while Switzerland was represented by Federal Council Member, Guy Parmelin. Both shook hands to formalize cooperation. Apart from Nelson and Parmelin, the event was also attended by the Head of the Swiss Space Office, Renato Krpoun, Swiss Ambassador to the US, Jacques Pitteloud, ESA Astronaut, Marco Sieber, Director of Space and Planetary Sciences University, Bern Peter Wuz, and others. "Today, we marked a major leap in partnership between the United States and Switzerland," Nelson said, quoted from NASA's blog. "We are expanding our commitment to exploring things that are not yet known publicly and peacefully. "Nelson explained that NASA and the entire part of the Artemis Agreement want to explore the Moon for good purposes. The Artemis Agreement will, "expand the values and principles with our country into the universe."

Sementara itu, Parmelin yang meneken kontrak mengatakan bahwa kerja sama yang mereka lakukan merupakan komitmen Swiss terhadap pemanfaatan luar angkasa. Perjanjian Artemis juga menjadi perjanjian jangka panjang antara AS dan Swiss."Swiss memiliki kemitraan jangka panjang dengan NASA dalam eksplorasi ruang angkasa,” kata Parmelin. “Dengan penandatanganan Perjanjian Artemis, kami memperbarui komitmen kami untuk bersama-sama menjelajahi langit di atas kita.”Pada Februari lalu, NASA menyambut Uruguay dan Yunani sebagai keluarga dari Perjanjian Artemis. Meski bergabung di waktu yang berbeda, keduanya memiliki komitmen yang sama, yaitu mendukung eksplorasi astronot di Bulan.