Forward to the Moon starts in Europe

The European Service Modules for NASA’s Orion spacecraft are being produced by companies from ten countries in Europe. These are the people designing and building the power house for the Orion spacecraft that will ferry astronauts around the Moon and to the lunar Gateway as part of the Artemis programme.

ESA has designed and is overseeing the development of the part of the Orion spacecraft that supplies air, electricity and propulsion. Much like a train engine pulls passenger carriages and supplies power, the European Service Module will take the Orion capsule to its destination and back.

This video shows the construction of the European Service Modules and the people (and their families) making it happen. More than 20 companies around Europe are building the European Service Module as NASA works on Orion and the Space Launch System. Together humankind is going forward to the Moon, in a sustainable and international endeavour to visit new places and discover new things, travelling farther to return with new experiences and knowledge to help us on Earth.