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 ...

ESA’s team for the European Service Module is based at the Agency’s technical heart ESTEC in The Netherlands. From here around 60 people oversaw the design and reviewed it together with NASA and ...

Orion’s crew module has separated from the service module that propelled and steered Orion during the mission to the moon.

Space exploration is a fascinating human activity, but at times it does come across as strange. Like when NASA rocket scientists surrounded the Artemis II Service Module with huge speakers and blasted ...

Integration and testing of Cygnus spacecraft service modules continues at our Dulles, VA Satellite Manufacturing Facility (SMF). The service module on the left in the photo below will be used for the ...

A space mission on a grand scale, the likes of the Artemis Program is one far too large for one space agency, one nation, or one company. That's why perhaps the most functionally vital portion of the ...