Space Treaty
Treaty on principles governing the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space including the moon and other celestial bodies.
Space treaty. The treaty was opened for signature in the united states the united kingdom and the soviet union on 27 january 1967 and entered into force on 10 october 1967. Opened for signature at moscow london and washington on 27 january 1967 the states parties. Space cold war looms as nasa ends russian flights putin skips moon treaty.
The goal of the artemis accords is to provide a. Like that treaty it sought to prevent a new form of colonial competition and the possible damage that self seeking exploitation might cause. A new space pact seeks to ensure peace and prosperity on the moon.
However the outer space treaty is pretty vague purposefully so which means there is a lot of room for interpretation on various clauses. The exploration and use of outer space shall be carried out for the benefit and in the interests of all countries and shall be the province of all mankind. And other signatory nations established the treaty.
By sissi cao 10 14 20 12 43pm. The outer space treaty as it is known was the second of the so called nonarmament treaties. States parties to the treaty shall pursue studies of outer space including the moon and other celestial bodies and conduct exploration of them so as to avoid their harmful contamination and also adverse changes in the environment of the earth resulting from the introduction of extraterrestrial matter and where necessary shall adopt appropriate measures for this purpose.
Its concepts and some of its provisions were modeled on its predecessor the antarctic treaty. And other signatory nations established the treaty on principles governing the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space including the moon and other celestial bodies better known simply as the outer space treaty the pact bound. Ago as 1967 just six years after the first human spaceflight the u s.
The outer space treaty provides the basic framework on international space law including the following principles.