26 October 2018
Orion's service module ready to be shipped from Europe
... left to do to get the mission space-ready. Meanwhile, back in Bremen, work is already underway by ESA on the second European Service Module that will keep astronauts alive and well for Orion’s Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2). Orion...
04 February 2021
Three more service modules for Artemis to be built in Europe
... is a strong and reliable partner in NASA’s Artemis missions and the Orion European Service Module represents a crucial contribution to this.” European Service Modules are cylinders measuring 4 m in diameter and height. They have four solar arrays...
24 August 2022
Moon mission's human-rated European Service Module is giant leap for ESA
... Artemis partnership signals a significant new level of cooperation,” he added. The first mission for Orion and the European Service Module will send the spacecraft beyond the Moon and back. This mission, called Artemis I, will not...
February 2020
Europe’s role in space standardisation
... exploration. ESA is a valued partner worldwide. We are developing, with NASA and European industry, the European Service Module for the Artemis missions to the Moon; the module will deliver propulsion and life support for four astronauts aboard the...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... include the Columbus Laboratory, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) and the European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft. More than 40 per cent of European ISS experiments come from German research institutions The 24/7 operation of the...
October 2025
What future for UK human spaceflight?
... initiative. ESA is supplying critical components for lunar missions, including the European Service Modules (ESMs) for the Orion spacecraft, Gateway station modules and the Argonaut lunar landers. The UK is also leading the Moonlight constellation...
