Airbus Ships European Service Module For Moon Landing

orion esm 3

Airbus prepared the Orion ESM-3 for shipment to the U.S.

Credit: Airbus
Airbus is dispatching the third European Service Module (ESM-3) to the U.S. for eventual use on NASA’s mission to return humans to the moon. The ESM part of the Orion spacecraft provides power, propulsion and life-support systems. Airbus said ESM-3 has left its space assembly facility in Bremen...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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