https://spacewatch.global/tag/european-service-module-esm/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:00:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/european-service-module-esm/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/12/first-artemis-lunar-mission-ends/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45430 Yesterday, December 11, 2022, marked the end of the first Artemis mission as NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 17:40 GMT/18:40 CET after traveling around the Moon and farther than any spacecraft designed to carry humans and return them to Earth.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/10/airbus-shows-european-service-module-for-artemis-moon-missions/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 06:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36244&preview=true&preview_id=36244 A glimpse in the cleanroom: Airbus plans to demonstrate the European Service Module for NASA´s Orion missions to the Moon. The company invited media to join a virtual visit to the cleanroom on Wednesday, 6 October, watch the delivery of ESM-2 and look at ESM-3. The modules are key parts of Europe’s contribution to NASA´s Artemis missions to the Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/03/arianegroup-studies-european-moon-missions-for-esa/ Wed, 17 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=31220&preview=true&preview_id=31220 ArianeGroup studies European Moon missions for ESA]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/airbus-wins-esa-contract-to-construct-third-european-service-module-for-nasas-orion-spacecraft/ Thu, 28 May 2020 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22942 The European Space Agency (ESA) announced on 26 May 2020 that it has signed a contract with Airbus for the construction of the third European Service Module (ESM) for Orion, the American crewed spacecraft. The contract is worth around €250 million.]]>