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November 9, 2018 | 
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The service module is an integral part of human missions on the Moon and Mars. Following the launch of Orion over the agency's Space Launch System rocket, the service module will be responsible for maneuvering in space throughout the mission, including course corrections.
NASA's Orion Space Shuttle European Service Module was loaded onto an Antonov aircraft in Bremen, Germany, on November 5, 2018, for transport to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For the first time, NASA will use a European construction system as an essential element to power an American spacecraft, thus extending the international cooperation of the International Space Station in deep space.
Credits: NASA / Rad Sinyak
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NASA's Orion Space Shuttle European Service Module was loaded onto an Antonov aircraft in Bremen, Germany, on November 5, 2018, for transport to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For the first time, NASA will use a European construction system as an essential element to power an American spacecraft, thus extending the international cooperation of the International Space Station in deep space. Credits: NASA / Rad Sinyak
The service module will also provide the powerful burns necessary to insert Orion into lunar orbit and again to exit the lunar orbit and return to Earth. It is provided by ESA (European Space Agency) and built by the main ESA contractor, Airbus, from Bremen, Germany.
Lockheed Martin, NASA's lead contractor for Orion, built the crew module and other spacecraft elements.
"We have a solid foundation of cooperation with ESA via the partnership between the International Space Station and the arrival of the service module means that our international collaboration also extends to our efforts to improve the quality of service. human exploration in the deep space, "said Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's assistant administrator for human resources. Exploration and Operations.
The service module, built in Europe, combines new technology and lightweight materials, while taking advantage of proven hardware for spaceflight. It consists of more than 20,000 components, including four solar panel wings providing enough electricity to power two three-bedroom homes, as well as an orbital maneuvering system engine, a newly refurbished engine previously used for control in orbit by the space shuttle. .
Starting with the second exploration mission, the module will also provide air and water for astronauts flying inside Orion, which will transport people to more distant destinations than any other traveler, and will bring back safely to Earth.
"Our teams have worked together extremely hard to develop a service module that will do missions on the Moon and beyond reality," said Mark Kirasich, NASA's Orion Program Manager. "It is a great achievement for ESA and Airbus to have completed the development work of the module and to have achieved this milestone in delivery."
Now that the service module is at Kennedy, it will be subject to extensive testing and integration work upstream of Mission-1 Exploration. Engineers will perform functional checks to make sure all items work properly before it is connected to the Orion crew module. The crews will weld fluid lines to carry gas and fuel and establish electrical wiring connections.
The service module and crew module will be paired and the combined satellite will be sent to NASA's Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook station in Ohio early next year, where it will be tested. continuous 60 days in the world's largest thermal vacuum chamber withstand the hostile environment of deep space.
Once these tests are completed, the system will return to Kennedy to be integrated into the SLS rocket for launch.
NASA is leading the next steps to establish a permanent human presence on the moon. The first mission in a series of increasingly complex missions, Exploration Mission-1 is a flight test of an unmerged Orion spacecraft and an SLS rocket, which is due to take off from NASA's modernized spaceport at Kennedy. .
The mission will send Orion 40,000 kilometers beyond the Moon and pave the way for future missions with astronauts. Together, NASA and its partners will build the infrastructure needed to explore the moon for decades to come, while laying the groundwork for future Mars missions.
For more information about Orion, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/orion
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