N° 30–2021: Call for media: Delivery of 2nd European Service Module: from Europe to the Moon
4 October 2021
On Wednesday 6 October, media representatives are invited to join a virtual visit to the Airbus cleanroom for the delivery of the European Service Module ESM-2 and to see ESM-3, both key parts of Europe’s contribution to the Artemis missions to the Moon.
Orion is NASA’s next exploration spacecraft to send humans into space. It is designed to send astronauts farther into space than ever before, beyond the Moon to asteroids and even Mars.
ESA has contracted and is overseeing the development of the European Service Module, the part of the Orion spacecraft that provides air, electricity and propulsion. Much like a train engine pulls passenger carriages and supplies power, the European Service Module will power the Orion Crew Module to its destination and back to Earth.
During the virtual visit you will be able to see the European Service Modules ESM-2, which will be ready for dispatch to NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre, and ESM-3, which is in progress for completion in late 2022.
The first module, ESM-1, is fully integrated with the Orion capsule and now in final preparations for its launch on Artemis I, the uncrewed first lunar mission. The second Artemis mission, with ESM-2, will take up to four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon and ESM-3 will take the first humans to land on the Moon since December 1972.
Programme
11:00 Start of programme with short introduction of the speakers
11:15 Q&A
11:45 End of programme
A recording will be uploaded to esawebtv.esa.int and the Airbus' YouTube channel afterwards.
Participants
The full line up of the virtual event is:
• Catherine Koerner, NASA’s Orion Program Manager
• Philippe Deloo, ESA’S Orion Project Manager
• Mike Hawes, Lockheed Martin’s Orion Program Manager,
• Didier Radola, Head of the Orion ESM programme at Airbus
For the Q&A also present will be:
• David Parker, ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration
• Nico Dettmann, ESA’s Lunar Exploration Group Leader
• Andreas Hammer, Head of Space Exploration at Airbus
Media registration
Please register via email with Airbus - Stéfanie Klössner at stefanie.kloessner@airbus.com by Monday 4 October 2021.
Contact
If you have further questions or interview requests, please contact media@esa.int.
More information
https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/science/Artemis_Book_Final_20-09-2021.pdf
Social media
Twitter: @ESA, @esaspaceflight, @NASA_Orion
Instagram: Europeanspaceagency
Facebook: EuropeanSpaceAgency
YouTube: ESA
Official hashtags: #ForwardToTheMoon #ExploreFarther
Images
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Search?SearchText=European+Service+Module&result_type=images
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About the European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) provides Europe’s gateway to space.
ESA is an intergovernmental organisation, created in 1975, with the mission to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
ESA has 22 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Slovenia, Latvia and Lithuania are Associate Members.
ESA has established formal cooperation with five Member States of the EU. Canada takes part in some ESA programmes under a Cooperation Agreement.
By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country. It is working in particular with the EU on implementing the Galileo and Copernicus programmes as well as with Eumetsat for the development of meteorological missions.
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ESA Newsroom and Media Relations Office – Ninja Menning
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