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The Artemis II mission, aimed for a March launch, marks the first crewed lunar flight since 1972. Airbus Defence and Space in Bremen builds 50% of the Orion spacecraft, focusing on the European Service Module (ESM) that supplies life support systems.

Lockheed Martin contributes the crew capsule. Christoph Sonnenberg highlights the essential role of Bremen's space technology in enabling NASA to send astronauts to the Moon and back. The ESM is the first critical component developed by NASA outside the U.S. for astronaut missions. OHB, through its subsidiary MT Aerospace, is involved with the Space Launch System (SLS) but has no direct role in Artemis II.