Artemis I – European Service Module perspective
The Orion spacecraft with European Service Module will fly farther from Earth than any human-rated vehicle has ever flown before. This video gives an overview of the first mission – without astronauts – for Artemis, focussing on ESA’s European Service Module that powers the spacecraft.
The spacecraft will perform a flyby of the Moon, using lunar gravity to gain speed and propel itself 70 000 km beyond the Moon, almost half a million km from Earth – further than any human has ever travelled.
On its return journey, Orion will do another flyby of the Moon before heading back to Earth.
The total trip will take around 20 days, ending with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean without the European Service Module – it separates and burns up harmlessly in the atmosphere.
The second Artemis mission will have a similar flight plan but with astronauts. The third Artemis mission will see astronauts taken to the lunar surface.
The European Service Module is ESA’s contribution to NASA’s Orion spacecraft that will send astronauts to the Moon and beyond. It provides electricity, water, oxygen and nitrogen as well as keeping the spacecraft at the right temperature and on course.
The European Service Module has 33 thrusters, 11 km of electrical wiring, four propellant and two pressure tanks that all work together to supply propulsion and everything needed to keep astronauts alive far from Earth – there is no room for error.
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I like that mechanism of solar panels bending towards the crew capsule to allow the engines to perform a burn protecting the solar panels
is this a horror film or a mission?
NASA and ESA need to LAND SOMETHING ON THE DAMN MOON… not just going into orbits. they are left behind! 🥴
Looks like we have a very long road ahead before we have a mining colony or a city on the Moon. China will probably be the first. If the Starship program in the US doesn't beat them to it. ESA could be doing 100X more..instead of subsitising cows we could jump on the 'Indrustry 4.0 in space' train…as it also supports zero emision future when minig and production is done in lower orbit/asteroids/Moon.
The next step if the European Moon Village, looking forward to it!
1:23 What's the point of leaving the lunar orbit this far?
So looking forward to all of this the next years. Glory to Mankind!
it would be nice if there was some cometary.
Wow! The technology of the past, today!
Ça vend tellement du rêve ! J'espère que la mission aura bien lieu dans les prochaines années ! Un nouveau moment historique pour l'exploration spatiale !