{"id":536840,"date":"2026-09-12T00:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=1045960"},"modified":"2026-09-12T00:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:56:25","slug":"nasa-boosts-open-science-data-sharing-with-artemis-accords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=536840","title":{"rendered":"NASA Boosts Open Science, Data Sharing with Artemis Accords"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Poynting crater and Keeler crater are visible side by side in the lower right portion of this image of the Moon\u2019s far side highlands. Poynting, positioned above, is a large impact crater with a well-defined rim and relatively smooth interior, indicative of material that has settled following the initial impact. Just below it, Keeler crater appears slightly smaller, with a sharply outlined rim and a more textured interior shaped by subsequent impacts and ejecta. Both features lie within the densely cratered far side highlands, preserving a record of ancient impacts that have shaped the lunar surface over billions of years.<\/div>\n
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The science from every Moon rock sample, lunar dataset, and discovery produced through NASA\u2019s Artemis program will be shared by the agency with the global scientific community. That commitment is upheld by all 71 countries that have signed the Artemis Accords, a set of principles for safe and transparent civil space exploration.<\/p>\n

NASA put those principles into practice by hosting a two-part virtual workshop series that began July 28 and concluded Sept. 8, focusing on one key tenet of the Artemis Accords: the timely release of scientific data to the public and the international scientific community.<\/p>\n

“As we return humans to the Moon, our Artemis efforts will help us unlock the full potential of scientific discovery through transparency, collaboration, and accessibility,” said Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist at NASA. “We are making data, tools, and results freely available, and inviting the\u00a0Artemis Accords partners\u00a0to innovate with us and share their data as well, accelerating our understanding of lunar processes and laying the groundwork for human space exploration for the Moon, Mars and beyond.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The two recent workshops added to discussions led by the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) in May, when signatories first explored ways<\/a> to advance open data practices and created common ground for deeper conversations on open data. NASA split its follow\u2011on discussion about data sharing into two virtual sessions, so technical experts around the world could take part.<\/p>\n

The agency hosted its first session on open science principles and implementation practices. It promoted interoperability and collaboration among signatories and advanced reproducibility, accessibility, and transparency in scientific work, including in NASA\u2019s Artemis program.<\/p>\n

The second session focused on tools for open science, providing Artemis Accords signatories with a working model to reference as they build or refine their own data-sharing frameworks.<\/p>\n

\u201cNASA is committed to leading by example when it comes to open science,” said Andrew Mitchell, deputy chief science data officer for NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate, whose office leads the agency\u2019s open science<\/a> efforts. “These workshops gave our Artemis Accords partners practical tools and a shared foundation to build on as we move forward together.”  <\/p>\n

NASA presented the Planetary Data System, one of the agency\u2019s primary archives for planetary science data, openly available lunar data, data visualization and analysis tools, and the system\u2019s data information model standard, offering a real-world example of how NASA structures, curates, and shares scientific data with the world.<\/p>\n

Across both sessions, NASA shared practices developed over years of stewarding scientific data and opened the floor to technical experts across the Artemis Accords community, reflecting a deliberate effort to build alignment at the working level.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdvances in technology help enable open science, but technology alone is insufficient,\u201d said Mitchell.\u00a0\u201cOpen science requires a shift to a more transparent and collaborative scientific process, which will increase the pace and quality of scientific progress. Scientific processes and results should be as open and repeatable as possible to encourage further study.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2020, NASA and the State Department joined with seven other founding nations to establish the Artemis Accords in response to the growing interest in lunar activities by both governments and private companies. They introduced the first set of practical principles aimed at enhancing the safety and coordination between like-minded nations as they explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond, committing nations to:<\/p>\n