Artemis II officially leaves Earth's orbit on way to moon
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Technicians perform final work on the service module for the Orion EM-1 mission at an Airbus factory in Bremen, Germany. Credit: ESA/A. Conigli BREMEN, Germany — The first European-built service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft is finally ready to be ...
The powerhouse that will help NASA’s Orion spacecraft venture beyond the Moon is stateside. The European-built service module that will propel, power and cool during Orion flight to the Moon on Exploration Mission-1 arrived from Germany at the agency’s ...
Designed to carry astronauts farther into space than ever before, NASA’s next-generation Orion space capsule is one step closer to its first mission around the Moon. One key component of Orion is getting ready for its trans-Atlantic journey, waiting to ...
The European Service Module for the next Orion mission has completed final system integration at the Airbus facility in Bremen, Germany after technicians installed the last radiator unit. The first mission-critical component to be supplied by ESA to NASA ...
Following liftoff, spacecraft powers up as boosters fall away and astronauts prepare for trans-lunar injection.