European Service Module for US-led Orion crewed space programme delivered by Airbus

The second European Service Module (ESM) for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) -led Artemis crewed spaceflight programme was successfully delivered by air to Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre, in the US state of Florida, on Friday. The ESM is the responsibility of the European Space Agency (ESA, which is not an agency of the European Union). ESA chose Airbus as the prime contractor to develop and manufacture the ESM. Six ESMs have so far been ordered. Airbus handed over the ...

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