How Nasa’s Artemis Accords are laying the ground for global space cooperation

Space agency has expanded its diplomatic reach in recent months, signing 12 of 45 signatories since January

It was a simple pledge made amid the excitement of a landmark moment in space exploration: We go together," Bill Nelson, the head of Nasa, promised the world as the agency prepared to launch Artemis 1, its first moon-capable rocket in more than half a century.

Now, nearly two years on from that successful uncrewed mission, and as the US - despite delays - edges ever closer to placing humans on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972, the resonance of Nelson's message has become clear.