Tag: European Space Agency

Airbus ESM Ready for Artemis II Mission

An image of the roll out of the SLS rocket carrying the Artemis II mission taken by Pleiades Neo | Photo: Airbus Defence and Space

Airbus-built European Service Module is ready for NASA’s Artemis II mission, which will send four astronauts around the Moon. The module provides propulsion, power and life support, and will support new capabilities including laser communications.

‘Successful’ launch for Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket

Ariane 6 launches to the sky on July 09, 2024 | Photo: European Space Agency/S. Corvaja

The European Space Agency (ESA) described the operation as a success, as Europe seeks to recover from a crisis in its launch sector, although an auxiliary drive in the upper stage, which was supposed to burn up on the way back to Earth, stopped shortly after ignition, with the two re-entry capsules not being released and the upper stage now remaining in space with the two capsules.