24 August 2022
Moon mission's human-rated European Service Module is giant leap for ESA
..., while the module’s structure is the backbone of the entire vehicle. It utilizes three different types of engines to push Orion to its destination and can manoeuvre in all directions to align the spacecraft as needed. The cylindrical module is not...
02 February 2016
First detected hot corino in Orion sheds light on low-mass star formation processes
...the stage of star formation has been detected in Orion for the first time, giving astronomers an insight ... recent detection of a hot corino, the first to be detected in Orion by a team of astronomers, could help researchers piece together how stars...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... (SLS), designed for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth orbit. Equipped to launch crews of up to four in NASA’s Orion spacecraft, its first significant test is Artemis, the much-publicised mission to land American astronauts “including the...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... the Columbus Laboratory, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) and the European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft. More than 40 per cent of European ISS experiments come from German research institutions The 24/7 operation...
February 2020
Europe’s role in space standardisation
... to the Moon; the module will deliver propulsion and life support for four astronauts aboard the Orion crew module. We are also working with JAXA, the Japanese Space Agency, and last year launched...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... toward the challenging goal of a crewed mission to Mars. In an early use of NASA’s next-generation human spaceflight vehicles, Orion and Space Launch System (SLS), our astronauts will travel to the redirected asteroid in the lunar DRO...
