We’re going back to the Moon 🌕 Artemis II will be the first crewed mission of the Artemis programme, carrying four astronauts on a journey around the Moon and back to Earth for the first time in over half a century. At the heart of this historic mission is our European Service Module, which provides the Orion spacecraft and its crew with life support, power and propulsion, enabling safe human travel beyond Earth orbit. Launch: no later than April 2026 (first launch window 6th February 2026) Dur

26K views · 1.6K reactions | ESA signed a contract with Airbus Space to build the third European Service Module for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft that will take the next astronauts to land on the Moon  https://esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Orion/Third_European_Service_Module_for_mission_to_land_astronauts_on_the_Moon #ForwardToTheMoon | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

🎥 The European Service Modules for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft start their lives in Turin, Italy 🇮🇹, at Thales Alenia Space. This is where the structures and radiators are made. The sixth module structure, ESM-6, for the #Artemis VI mission is now complete and has left for further production at Airbus Space in Germany. 🔗https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2023/09/European_Service_Modules_made_in_Turin | ESA - European Space Agency

#HowWeMakeASpaceMission: the European Service Module for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft spreads its wings. This is a solar array wing deployment test after the transatlantic journey from Airbus Space in the Netherlands to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, See http://blogs.esa.int/orion/2019/03/29/final-pieces-arrive-to-complete-assembly-of-orion-spacecraft/ #ForwardToTheMoon | ESA - European Space Agency

ESA's European Service Module will take NASA’s Orion Spacecraft farther from Earth than any human-rated vehicle has flown before. Here's the #Artemis I mission profile. Watch and join us on our journey, from Earth to the Moon... 👉https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2022/02/Artemis_I_European_Service_Module_perspective Airbus Space NASA Artemis Thales Alenia Space #ForwardToTheMoon | ESA - European Space Agency