50 Nations Sign NASA's Artemis Accords Pledging the 'Responsible Exploration of Space'

<![CDATA[One of the factors that drove the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs in the ‘60s was competition with the Soviet Union. Shortly after the Russians launched Sputnik, the idea of a “red moon” hanging in America’s sky bothered many in the U.S., and the federal government morphed the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The space race was born.]]>