Airbus Defence and Space starts Orion service module assembly

Airbus Defence and Space starts Orion service module assembly Paris, France (SPX) May 20, 2016 - Airbus Defence and Space, the world's second largest space company, has started assembling the European Service Module (ESM), a key element of NASA's next-generation Orion spacecraft that will transport astronauts into deep space for the first time since the end of the Apollo program. In November 2014, Airbus Defence and Space was chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) as prime contract ... more

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