Antonov takeoff with first European Service Module
On Monday morning 5 November 2018 the first European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft was loaded onto an Antonov An-124 aircraft in Bremen airport and sent across the Atlantic to the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
The module was packed in a custom-built container that keeps the environment inside within acceptable limits for transportation. It will fly via Hamburg, Germany, and Portsmouth, USA for refuelling and customs.
This delivery is a milestone in the module’s journey to the Moon. The European Service Module will be connected to the Spacecraft Adaptor and the Crew Module in USA for further testing before its final flight around the Moon. The first Orion mission, called Exploration Mission-1, will be a test flight without astronauts and will travel farther into space than any human-rated spacecraft has ventured. The mission is expected to launch in 2020.
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If I was a billionaire that sure'd be my everyday jet.
Like that mega Russian plane. Saw it first time in 2012 movie
Now YouTube is recommending me Interstellar movie clips again…
Ukrainians will never accept that the Antonov planes are more russian than ukrainian, Oleg Antonov was Russian, was born in Moscow. The factory was in Kiev because the USSR did not want to concentrate the all country's industry in Moscow. Ukraine only inherited all this in 1991.
The Antonov is used and/or leased by many countries due to it's capacity. Standing next to one at an airshow makes you feel kind of tiny. I was amazed at how easily it lifted off the runway.
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Fantastic video.Congratulations,ESA.
Antonov has arrived next stop Kennedy Space Center Runway 15.