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Orion Mission Evaluation Room in Houston

European engineers in the Orion Mission Evaluation Room at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

European Service Module mission control at ESTEC

European engineers in the Eagle mission control room at ESA's technical site in the Netherlands

A European powerhouse

Orion's European Service Module with engines and solar arrays on display

Earthset from lunar orbit

Earth sets above the lunar horizon during Artemis II

Going to the Moon

Orion, European Service Module and a distant Moon

Artemis II launch

The Artemis II rocket, with Orion and its European Service Module on top, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Artemis II launch

The Artemis II rocket, with Orion and its European Service Module on top, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Artemis II launch

The Artemis II rocket, with Orion and its European Service Module on top, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Artemis II launch

The Artemis II rocket, with Orion and its European Service Module on top, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Artemis II launch

The Artemis II rocket, with Orion and its European Service Module on top, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Artemis II: let's go

The Artemis II rocket at its launchpad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Artemis II rollout

Space Launch System, vollständig montiert für Artemis II, im Vehicle Assembly Building, einen Tag vor dem Transport zum Startkomplex 39B im Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, am 16. Januar 2026. Bildquelle: ESA-S. Corvaja

Orion on a roll

In October 2025, the Artemis II Orion – complete with crew module, ESA’s European Service Module, solar arrays and launch abort system – was rolled 10 kilometres to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, for stacking onto the Space Launch System rocket.

European engineers came to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to install the four wings on Orion

Orion’s solar arrays were built at Airbus in the Netherlands; the same European engineers came to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to install the four wings on Orion.

Solar arrays installed on NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft

Solaranlagen, die am Orion-Raumschiff der NASA für die Artemis II Mission im Operations and Checkout Building des Kennedy Space Centers der NASA installiert wurden, Anfang März 2025. Bildquelle: Lockheed Martin

ESM 2 crew model stacked over service model

Das kegelförmige Besatzungsmodul wird im Kennedy Space Center auf das darunter liegende Servicemodul gesetzt. Bildquelle: NASA

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