Orion for Artemis I

Orion's Artemis I spacecraft at the Operations and Checkout building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, on 12 October 2020.

Three spacecraft adapter jettison fairings were prepared for installation at the time to be secured around the spacecraft, encapsulating the European Service Module to protect it from the harsh environment as the spacecraft is propelled out of Earth’s atmosphere atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket during NASA’s Artemis I mission. 

The next time the solar array wings will be visible will be when Orion is in space. Artemis I will test the Orion spacecraft and SLS as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. 

ESA provided the European Service Module for Orion, which is the powerhouse that fuels and propels the spacecraft, the middle part of the spacecraft in this picture.