May 19, 2025 · The Orion crew transport vehicle’s European Service Module (ESM) is the spacecraft’s powerhouse, supplying it with electricity, propulsion, thermal control, air, and water in space.

The European Service Module (ESM) is the service module component of the Orion spacecraft, serving as its primary power and propulsion component until it is discarded at the end of each mission.

Under a European Space Agency (ESA) contract, Airbus is responsible for building the European Service Module (ESM), which both propels and manoeuvres the Orion spacecraft and provides the …

Apr 24, 2024 · The Orion European Service Module is the spacecraft’s powerhouse, supplying it with electricity, propulsion, thermal control, air, and water in space. For the first time, NASA will use a …

Orion is currently being prepared for its first voyage with this propulsion and supply unit – the so-called European Service Module (ESM) – at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Orion spacecraft will …

The European Service Module is ESA’s contribution to NASA’s Orion spacecraft that will send astronauts to the Moon and beyond. It provides electricity, water, oxygen and nitrogen as well as …

Mar 11, 2022 · The first complete European Service Module was shipped to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 2018 and is now atop the rocket that will launch it around the Moon for Artemis I. The …

After feasibility studies from 2011 to 2012, the 2012 ESA Ministerial Council in Naples, Italy, gave the green light for Europe to provide a first European Service Module of NASA’s Orion as an in-kind …

Nov 10, 2025 · With each European Service Module, Europe provides the essential power and life-support systems that make crewed missions to deep space possible. The delivery of ESA’s fourth …

Mar 13, 2022 · Over 20 companies around Europe contributed to building the spacecraft module, with most of the hardware sent to Bremen, Germany, to be assembled by prime contractor Airbus.