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Artemis II: Orion and its European Service Module head back to Earth

A render of Orion and its European Service Module in deep space with the Moon and Earth

Orion and its European Service Module around the Moon

Artemis II when Orion and its European Service Module separate from the rocket's upper stage and head towards the Moon

Artemis II proximity operations after separation from rocket upper stage

Artemis II proximity operations using the European Service Module's engines after separation from rocket second stage

Moon media kit

Apollo-ATV-Orion

Orion: the journey (Artemis II)

Orion: The spacecraft

What is Orion?

Artemis: the rocket

Orion's temperature control

European Service Module's structure

Orion blueprint

Orion and the European powerhouse

Orion's propulsion

Orion avionics

Orion power

Orion: air and water

Made in Europe

Dark rings and new light

What is the European Service Module?

Artemis II step-by-step

From left to right: Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot from France.

COSMOS Field MoM-z14 Galaxy (NIRCam pullout)

COSMOS Field (NIRCam clean)

COSMOS Field MoM-z14 Galaxy (NIRCam compass)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew, from left to right, is NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

Gravitational lens 2 (Hubble anomaly)

Gravitational lens 1 (Hubble anomaly)

Unknown object (Hubble anomaly)

Merging galaxies 2 (Hubble anomaly)

Merging galaxies 1 (Hubble anomaly)

Collisional ring galaxy (Hubble anomaly)

Astrophysical anomalies from Hubble’s archive

A celebrity cluster in the spotlight

Globular cluster targets that revealed “forever young” stars

Unleashing a solar flare

Zooming in on magnetic reconnection

X-rays blast from a solar flare

Surface imprint of a solar flare

Dropping it hard

Mars drop

Slow-motion drop for ExoMars landing platform

Helix Nebula (NIRCam image)

The Artemis II rocket was rolled out to its launch pad.

European E4D exercise device in cycling mode

3D visualisation of astronaut training on E4D

Sophie Adenot training on E4D

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