Airbus Defence and Space, prime contractor for NASA’s Orion space vehicle’s European Service Module (ESM), has completed four large titanium tanks for the module that will be delivered for initial ...

The clock is ticking on the ISS (International Space Station), so the pressure for a replacement is increasing – preferably with a much more comfortable, functional, and future-proof habitat. The LOOP ...

Airbus has landed a potential $275.1M contract build another Orion spacecraft module for the European Space Agency to support NASA's manned deep space exploration goals. The company said Tuesday it ...

Airbus prepared the Orion ESM-3 for shipment to the U.S. Credit: Airbus Airbus is dispatching the third European Service Module (ESM-3) to the U.S. for eventual use on NASA’s mission to return humans ...

The ESM is a key element of Orion, the next-generation spacecraft that will carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit for the first time since the Apollo programme ended in the 1970s. The module ...

The second Airbus-built European Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft is ready for delivery from the Airbus site in Bremen, Germany. An Antonov cargo aircraft will fly the ESM-2 to NASA’s ...

Airbus has yet to find a customer for its lower-deck cabin module, but promoters have clearer ideas on how to market and certify it. The “lower-deck passenger experience module,” designed as extra ...

Airbus will deliver the first European Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft from its aerospace site in Bremen, Germany on 5 November 2018. An Antonov cargo aircraft will fly the ESM to ...