{"id":801719,"date":"2026-04-15T13:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=801719"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:48:30","slug":"esa-a-european-powerhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=801719","title":{"rendered":"ESA &#8211; A European powerhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>Seen from the tip of one of the European-built solar array wings, Orion&#8217;s European Service Module is highlighted in this image, with its main engine, auxiliary thrusters and two solar arrays visible during the spacecraft&#8217;s lunar flyby on flight day 7 of the Artemis II mission.<\/p>\n<p>This unique vantage point showcases the engineering that propels and powers Orion as it journeys around the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the mission, European engineers from ESA and prime contractor Airbus monitor the module&#8217;s performance from mission control centres on both sides of the Atlantic, working in close coordination with NASA to ensure Orion carries its crew around the Moon and safely back home.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2026\/04\/A_European_powerhouse?rand=772187\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seen from the tip of one of the European-built solar array wings, Orion&#8217;s European Service Module is highlighted in this image, with its main engine, auxiliary thrusters and two solar&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":801720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-801719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=801719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/801720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=801719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=801719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=801719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}