Today marks one year since the start of the Artemis I mission. On this day last year, NASA’s mega Moon rocket SLS launched the Orion vehicle into space, where it was propelled to the Moon and back, over 2.25 million km, by ESA’s European Service Module. The Artemis I mission did everything it was supposed to and more: testing every detail of the mission scenario and Orion spacecraft before future crewed Artemis missions. The European Service Module in particular went above and beyond: executing its challenging manoeuvres to a tee and generating so much extra power with its solar wings that they were used as “selfie-sticks” to take all the great mission pictures we’ve seen.

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The European Service Module is part of ESA’s Terrae Novae exploration programme leading Europe’s human journey into the Solar system.