Artemis

ESA is essential in returning humans to the Moon through NASA’s Artemis programme. The European Service Module is the powerhouse of NASA’s Orion spacecraft for Artemis missions, propelling it through deep space and providing its crew with electricity, air and water. Built by European industry with contributions from over 100 suppliers across the continent, it enables astronauts to travel farther from Earth than ever before.

ESA’s contribution to Artemis is not just hardware, but also human. ESA astronauts will join Artemis missions, starting with Luca Parmitano as pilot for Artemis III, marking a major milestone for Europe in human spaceflight.

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14 ČVC. 2026

Artemis II astronauts visit ESA

Yesterday, the four Artemis II astronauts visited ESA’s technical site in the Netherlands, where they met the team behind the European Service Module that powered their Orion spacecraft around the Moon and safely back to Earth.

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09 ČVN. 2026

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano joins NASA’s Artemis III mission as pilot

NASA has announced the crew for the Artemis III mission, which includes ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano as pilot. ESA is also providing its third European Service Module for this crewed test flight in Earth orbit, which will be key for the mission’s objective to test rendezvous and docking capabilities ahead of future lunar landing missions.

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11 DUB. 2026

Artemis II: splashdown

Today, at 17:07  local time  on 10 April  (01:07  BST/02:07 CEST  11 April), NASA’s Orion spacecraft and its crew splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Artemis II mission. ESA’s European Service Module powered this historic mission that took four astronauts around the Moon and back for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.

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02 DUB. 2026

Artemis II mission begins

At 00:35 CEST today (18:35 local time on 1 April), NASA's Space Launch System rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on Artemis II. At the heart of the mission is ESA's European Service Module, which powers, propels and sustains the Orion spacecraft and its crew on their journey around the Moon and safely back to Earth.

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Artemis missions

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01 LIS. 2026

Artemis I

Artemis I, the first mission for Orion and its European Service Module, saw the uncrewed spacecraft travel around the Moon and back, farther than any spacecraft designed to carry humans.

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01 LIS. 2026

Artemis II

Artemis II was the first crewed mission of the Artemis programme, carrying four astronauts on a journey around the Moon and back to Earth for the first time in over half a century. At the heart of this historic mission was ESA’s European Service Module, which provided the Orion spacecraft and its crew with life support, power and propulsion, enabling safe human travel beyond Earth orbit.

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01 LIS. 2026

Artemis III

In 2027, the Artemis III mission will take four astronauts into Earth orbit aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft for a test flight that will prepare the technologies needed for human landings on the Moon. Orion will be powered by ESA’s third European Service Module and piloted by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano.

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27 LED. 2023

Artemis IV

Artemis IV will be the first lunar landing mission of the programme, returning humankind to the surface of the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17. Editor's note: ESA will update this page to reflect the latest Artemis programme architecture.

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Moon media kit

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What is Orion?

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What is the European Service Module?

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Made in Europe

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Orion: The spacecraft

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Artemis: the rocket

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Orion blueprint

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Orion and the European powerhouse

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Orion's propulsion

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Orion: air and water

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Orion power

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European Service Module's structure

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Orion's temperature control

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Orion avionics

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Apollo-ATV-Orion

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Orion: the journey (Artemis II)

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Artemis II step-by-step

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Background information

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20 SRP. 2025

Orion spacecraft

Orion is a NASA spacecraft designed to carry humans farther into space than ever before. ESA is providing Orion’s European Service Module, the powerhouse that will supply the spacecraft with electricity, propulsion, thermal control, air and water.

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30 LIS. 2015

European Service Module

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.

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12 SRP. 2022

How to fly Orion

No spacecraft flies without mission control, and the Artemis Moon missions with Orion and the European Service Module have an extensive flight team on ground reflecting the spacecraft’s international character.

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04 LIS. 2026

Moon-bound powerhouse

ESA's fourth European Service Module inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on 31 July 2026.

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