Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed four solar array wings at NASA’s Orian spacecraft for Artemis II on 3 March. The solar array feather attached to the service module reaches the location to give strength to the spacecraft posted after Orion.
The service module of the Orion provides promotion, thermal control and electrical power, as well as air and water during its mission around the moon.
Each solar array wing consists of 15,000 solar cells to convert sunlight into electricity and when fully deployed is about 23 feet in length. In space, arrays can turn two axes to combine with the sun.
Artemis II is the first crew mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign. Through the Artemis, the agency will send astronauts to the scientific discovery, the moon to detect the Moon for economic benefits, and the first creation will build the foundation of the crew missions for Mars.
Image Credit: Lockheed Martin/David Wellandorf
