Canada Joins U.S. Led Artemis Accords to Send Human Explorers Back to Moon and Beyond

A rocket is poised for launch at the NASA Wallops test flight facility on Oct. 1, 2020, in Wallops Island, Va. AP Photo/Steve Helber

WASHINGTON, Wash.—Canada has signed on to the Artemis Accords, a U.S.-led effort to establish global guidelines for sending explorers back to the Moon and beyond.

NASA says space agencies in Australia, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg and the United Arab Emirates also joined the pact.