The President of the Government of Spain and the NASA administrator sign Spain's adhesion to the Artemis programme

President's News - 2023.5.30

The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, has met at Moncloa Palace with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson, who is in Spain to hold meetings with the new Spanish Space Agency and to visit its headquarters in Seville.

Moncloa Palace, Madrid

During the meeting, which was also attended by the Minister for Science and Innovation Diana Morant, Spain's adhesion to the Artemis programme was signed. This agreement is of great importance and has been welcomed by the President of the Government, who stressed that this special alliance between the US and Spain will enable the development of a continuous presence on the lunar surface to subsequently carry out the first manned flights to Mars.

For his part, Administrator Nelson emphasised that, with this accession, our country will safeguard the shared ideals between Spain and the US, and will help to ensure that humanity's rapid expansion into space takes place in a peaceful, safe and transparent manner.

The agreement highlights the will to continue scientific cooperation between the US and Spain, an issue that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, had the opportunity to address at the White House with the President of the US, Joe Biden, during his visit to Washington on 12 May.

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Meeting between the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, and the NASA administrator, Bill Nelson (Pool Moncloa/Borja Puig de la Bellacasa)