NASA reported on Sept. 11, 2026 that it had hosted a two-part virtual workshop series on open science and data sharing under the Artemis Accords, the principles it says are upheld by all 71 signatory countries. The agency said the sessions ran from July 28 to Sept. 8, following earlier discussions led by the Indian Space Research Organisation in May. The first session addressed open science principles and implementation practices, and the second focused on tools signatories could reference when building or refining data-sharing frameworks.

Jacob Bleacher, NASA's chief exploration scientist, said the agency was making data, tools and results freely available and inviting partners to share their data. Andrew Mitchell, deputy chief science data officer for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said the workshops offered partners practical tools and a shared foundation. NASA presented its Planetary Data System, openly available lunar data, visualization and analysis tools, and the system's data information model standard as an example of how it structures and shares scientific data.

The agency said it and the State Department joined seven other founding nations in establishing the Accords in 2020, with principles including peaceful and transparent exploration, rendering aid, access to scientific data, non-interference and preserving historically significant sites.