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 ...

A view of the aft section of the European Service Module of the Orion spacecraft taken as the Artemis 1 mission nears its conclusion. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — As the Artemis 1 mission nears its ...

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 ...

NASA is building a system to send astronauts to the Moon for Artemis missions, and that includes tests to make sure the Orion spacecraft is prepared to safely carry crew on an alternate mission ...

Min Read Katie Oriti manages the Orion European Service Module Integration Office, working closely with commercial and ...

The second European Service Module, a key component of the Orion space capsule, is currently on its way to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This will be the last stop for the module on Earth before it ...

The service module fired its propulsion system continuously for 12 minutes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The main rocket ...

HOUSTON—NASA this week conducted a successful 12-min. test of the abort-to-orbit profile afforded the Orion crew capsule by the multinational propulsion elements of its European Space Agency ...

The second Airbus-built European Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft is ready for delivery from the Airbus site in Bremen, Germany. An Antonov cargo aircraft will fly the ESM-2 to NASA’s ...

CAPE CANAVERAL—Seven years after Europe signed the contract to supply the service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft, the system arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Nov. 6. Carried inside ...