The Republic of Albania signed the Artemis Accords on Monday, September 21, 2026, at a ceremony hosted by NASA at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington, the agency said in a report published that day. Albania's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Ferit Hoxha, signed on behalf of the country, with Albanian Ambassador to the United States Ervin Bushati and U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Space and Environment Connor Tomlinson also taking part.

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson welcomed Albania as the 73rd signatory, saying the two nations' relationship goes back more than a century. Hoxha said Albania was joining the community of nations that have signed the accords and affirmed its commitment to peaceful, transparent, sustainable and cooperative space exploration. NASA said Albania launched two Earth-observation satellites, Albania-1 and Albania-2, in January 2023 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and has hosted local Space Apps Challenge events.

NASA and the State Department established the Artemis Accords in 2020 with seven other founding nations, setting out principles on peaceful and transparent exploration, rendering aid, access to scientific data, avoiding interference and preserving historically significant sites.