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The Korea AeroSpace Administration will share its space exploration data with the world. Shown is the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 5, 2022, blasting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri. (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)

By Margareth Theresia

"We will share with the world the data Korea gains from space exploration so that all nations can enjoy the benefits."

The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) on Oct. 16 said its Administrator Yoon Youngbin said this on Oct. 14 at a meeting of the signatories to the Artemis Accords in Milan, Italy.

Defining international norms for exploration of the moon and deep space, the agreement has 45 signatory nations that have held an annual meeting since 2022 during the International Astronautical Congress (IAC).

Administrator Yoon held high-level bilateral talks with several nations on space cooperation measures on the occasion of this IAC.

In talks with NASA of the U.S., KASA agreed to swiftly conclude an agreement on Artemis research to conduct a joint feasibility study to expand the Korean agency's participation in the Artemis program.

KASA also discussed in-depth space cooperation with the European Space Agency, Indian Space Research Organisation, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (National Centre for Space Studies) of France and Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (Italian Space Agency).

"Space technology is an indispensible tool for response to climate change and disaster management," Administrator Yoon said on Oct. 15 at the International Astronautical Federation's Global Space Leaders Summit. "Korea is contributing to global environment protection through the nation's climate monitoring technology based on satellites and sharing this technology with the world."

margareth@korea.kr