NASA's Artemis programme will return astronauts to the Moon for the first time in 50 years and mark the start of a new era of human space exploration. Unlike the Apollo missions, the focus of the Artemis missions will be to create a more sustainable human presence on and around the Moon, and to develop and demonstrate technologies that will prepare for future crewed missions to Mars.
The first Artemis mission launched in November 2022 and saw an uncrewed 'Orion' spacecraft orbit around the Moon. Orion is powered by the European Service Module (built by Airbus in Bremen, Germany) which, together with propulsion capabilities, provides the Orion spacecraft with everything needed to successfully sustain a human crew on lunar missions.
Siân will give an overview of the Artemis programme and Europe's contribution to it - the European Service Module (ESM). She will talk about the achievements so far, the work currently ongoing at Airbus and where the Artemis programme is headed in the next 5 years.
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Non-members: £5
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