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Take a final look at the interior of the European Service Module that will power NASA’s Orion spacecraft. Technicians at the Airbus facility in Bremen, Germany installed the final radiators and sealed off the module that will provide power and propulsion to Orion. No more checking under the hood—with integration complete, the module is ready for its final extensive testing. It will soon be shipped to Kennedy Space Center (nasakennedy) in Florida, USA, where it will be mated with the Crew Module, the first time the complete spacecraft will be on display. And then even more tests begin. The spacecraft will be subjected to intense acoustic vibrations in the world’s largest vacuum chamber at NASA’s Plum Brook facility (nasaglenn) to ensure it withstands the rigor of launch on NASA’s powerful Space Launch System rocket. The first of Orion’s exploratory missions is an uncrewed lunar orbit to validate its capabilities. The European Service Module (ESM) is ESA’s contribution to the integrated...

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