Tag: ESA Ministerial 2014

  • ESA member states commit funding for Orion service module

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    Artist’s concept of an Orion spacecraft with a European-built service module. Credit: ESA As a barebones Orion spacecraft awaits its first liftoff from Cape Canaveral, representatives from European governments agreed Tuesday to pay for the development of a power and propulsion element to take the crew capsule on longer voyages around the moon, to an…