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

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

Earth sets above the lunar horizon during Artemis II

Orion, European Service Module and a distant Moon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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Orion and its European Service Module bringing the crew around the Moon and back to Earth

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