service module
noun
: a space vehicle module that contains oxygen, water, fuel cells, propellant tanks, and the main rocket engine
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The spacecraft is undergoing acoustic testing prior to integration with its service module, the next major step in the assembly process, NASA said Tuesday.
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USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
However, the service module — the part of Orion below the capsule that houses the thrusters, solar arrays, communications equipment and other supplies — was built by Airbus, and was one of the contributions by the European Space Agency to the Artemis program.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
But the rocket pushed onward and upward, sending its payload, the Orion spacecraft and its service module, toward the Moon.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2022
Finally, the service module will detach and burn up upon reentry, while the orbiter will splash down into the ocean with, hopefully, some good whiskey on board.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 June 2023
Thirteen of the valves in the spacecraft’s service module fused shut after a leak, forcing the company to stand down and redesign the system.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
Unfortunately, the lunar landing was aborted just two days later after an oxygen tank in the service module failed.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
The command and service module built by Rockwell International got astronauts to space and back to Earth and was 34 feet long and 13 feet wide.
—Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
The service module is designed to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere over a stretch of the Pacific Ocean routinely used for the safe disposal of junk space hardware.
—Jamie Groh, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2022
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USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
However, the service module — the part of Orion below the capsule that houses the thrusters, solar arrays, communications equipment and other supplies — was built by Airbus, and was one of the contributions by the European Space Agency to the Artemis program.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
But the rocket pushed onward and upward, sending its payload, the Orion spacecraft and its service module, toward the Moon.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2022
Finally, the service module will detach and burn up upon reentry, while the orbiter will splash down into the ocean with, hopefully, some good whiskey on board.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 June 2023
Thirteen of the valves in the spacecraft’s service module fused shut after a leak, forcing the company to stand down and redesign the system.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
Unfortunately, the lunar landing was aborted just two days later after an oxygen tank in the service module failed.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
The command and service module built by Rockwell International got astronauts to space and back to Earth and was 34 feet long and 13 feet wide.
—Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
The service module is designed to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere over a stretch of the Pacific Ocean routinely used for the safe disposal of junk space hardware.
—Jamie Groh, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2022
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1961, in the meaning defined above
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service module
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: a part of a space vehicle containing oxygen, water, fuel cells, fuel tanks, and the main rocket engine
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