European Service Module arrives at KSC

At the Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center, Lockheed Martin technicians work to mate Orion's crew module adapter to the European Service Module on Nov. 13, 2018. For the first time, NASA will use a European-built system as a critical element to power an American spacecraft, extending the international cooperation of the International Space Station into deep space. The European Service Module is a unique collaboration across space agencies and industry including ESA’s prime contractor, Airbus, and 10 European countries. The completion of service module work in Europe and shipment to Kennedy signifies a major milestone toward NASA’s human deep space exploration missions to the Moon and beyond. Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak

At the Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center, Lockheed Martin technicians work to mate Orion's crew module adapter to the European Service Module on Nov. 13, 2018...For the first time, NASA will use a European-built system as a critical element to power an American spacecraft, extending the international cooperation of the International Space Station into deep space. The European Service Module is a unique collaboration across space agencies and industry including ESA’s prime contractor, Airbus, and 10 European countries. The completion of service module work in Europe and shipment to Kennedy signifies a major milestone toward NASA’s human deep space exploration missions to the Moon and beyond.

Photographer NASA/Rad Sinyak