NASA, ESA hold 16 January NASA TV briefing on new Orion agreement

Posted on 8 Jan 2013 by Daniel

NASA and ESA will brief media at 17:30 CET on Wednesday, 16 January, on the details for ESA to provide a service module for the first Orion spacecraft mission in 2017. European media are invited to watch the event and can ask questions.

Orion will be the most advanced spacecraft ever designed and carry astronauts farther into space than ever before. ESA’s service module will be based on the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV). Sitting directly below Orion’s crew capsule, it will provide propulsion, power, thermal control, as well as supplying water and atmosphere for the astronauts in the habitable module.

Details in ESA web

Details and links to NASA TV

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3 Responses to NASA, ESA hold 16 January NASA TV briefing on new Orion agreement

  1. Ian Benecken says:
    8 Jan 2013 at 20:39

    Hi Daniel,

    The time in you wrote there is a little bit confusing. ;) Cause it is US Central Standart Time. Of cause it is right but that means the press conference is at 17:30 CET (central european time) for all the guys here in Europe. ;) Or 16:30 UTC for our friends in the UK. :)

    Hope that press conference will be informative. I am very happy that ESA partizipates in that way and I hope that the outcome of that will be a longterm cooperation between ESA and Nasa in Human space exploration missions.

  2. MaGyver says:
    12 Jan 2013 at 14:02

    Indeed, this is great news. While having space races are sometimes necessary, it makes more sense to collaborate to conquer the next great frontier :)

    Regards,
    Bart