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 ...

Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second space company, has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development and construction of the service module for Orion, the future ...

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 ...

Papers were just signed to deliver the Artemis 2 service module into NASA's possession. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The next ...

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 ...

Development of the Apollo spacecraft began in 1961 at North American Aviation, the company that built the spacecraft for Nasa. The spacecraft was developed specifically for lunar missions and the test ...

The Orion spacecraft will build upon over half a century of spaceflight science to carry humanity beyond the limits of the Earth's orbit, back to the moon, and to Mars. When you purchase through links ...

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 ...