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To the Moon! Airbus delivers second European Service Module for NASA's Orion spacecraft Europe providing the powerhouse for missions that will take astronauts to... | October 6, 2021
Airbus wins ESA contract for three more Service Modules for Orion The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen Airbus for the construction of three more European Service Modules (ESM) for Nasa’s Orion spacecraft (pictured), which is part the Artemis programme. The latest contract is worth €650 million and the ESM will join three other modules that are already under contract with Airbus. The European Service Module will provide functions such as the propulsion system to get the astronauts to the Moon and orbital manoeuvring and position control. It also provides the crew with water and oxyge...
Artemis, Orion and the quest to get humans to the moon again A virtual tour of European Service Modules headed for the moon on NASA's human spaceflight program Artemis is not what it seems. Astronauts will fly to the moon and an orbiting base but it's gentlemen first, please. A cleanroom is a surreal space inhabited almost exclusively by enthusiastic men If you've ever been on a tour of a cleanroom — a sterile environment where engineers build and test satellites and other spacecraft — you will know it's a pretty surreal experience. You're standing there, starring up at a rough and unfini...
Airbus studies “Moon Cruiser” concept for ESA’s cis-lunar transfer vehicle Versatile, autonomous logistics vehicle to support future lunar missions based on heritage from Orion ESM and ATV. Airbus has been awarded a CLTV (Cis-Lunar Transfer Vehicle) study for a "Moon Cruiser" by the European Space Agency (ESA). According to the study concept (two parallel Phase A/B1), the CLTV is a versatile, autonomous logistics vehicle that could, for example, provide timely and efficient support to NASA and ESA in the implementation of the future Artemis Moon missions. The spacecraft will be based on...
The Bartolomeo platform, with blue hinges centre-right of the photo, is at the end of the Dextre attachment that is part of Canada’s 16-m robotic arm for the International Space Station. (Credit: ESA/NASA) Airbus’ novel payload hosting service enables the in-space technology demonstration of a multispectral camera for ConstellR, a Fraunhofer EMI spin-off Bremen, 14 December 2020 – Airbus and Fraunhofer EMI have signed a contract for an in-orbit demonstration mission on the Bartolomeo platform of the International Space Station (ISS). With this mission, Fraunhofer EMI enables its spin-o...