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November 17, 2014

ESA Commissions Airbus As contractor For Orion Service Module
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 18, 2014
Airbus Defence and Space, the world's second space company, has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development and construction of the service module for Orion, the future American human space capsule. The contract is worth around 390 million euros. The service module will provide propulsion, power supply, thermal control and the central elements of the life support system of the American capsule. The contract was signed in Berlin (Germany), in the presence of Bri ... read more

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