![]() That's why it doesn't look as much if you compare it to the other structures." You're missing the big parts – like the advanced electronic equipment and the tanks. "At the moment I'd say it's about 70% complete. "Yes, you see a lot of wires and tubes already integrated," says Witte. Because while ESM-5's partial completion is a silver futuristic mass of mechanisms, at this earlier stage ESM-3 reminds me of the insides of a 1970s stereo. Yet when I first set eyes on ESM-3, I laugh unexpectedly. It's been over 50 years since a human footprint graced the lunar surface and ESM-3 will enable the first woman and person of colour to land on the Moon. There's an understandable pride in Witte's voice and not just for the engineering. "This is the module," says Witte, "that will bring the next humans to the surface of the Moon." Designed to provide propulsion, electrical power and life support for astronauts, ESM-5 is joined by ESM-4 and – the celebrity of the bunch – ESM-3. The ESMs are essential powerhouses for Nasa's Artemis missions to the Moon. "Here is the freshest model, ESM-5," says Hagen Witte, head of the ESM assembly line. Inside the high-ceilinged cleanrooms at Airbus Bremen, three European Service Modules (ESMs) are currently being built. Today is no different because the "aerospace city" has Europe's Moon mission factory. ![]() But today a bronze statue - a rooster standing on a cat, on a dog, on a donkey – is a reminder of both the country's famous storytellers and that Bremen was an aspirational destination. Two hundred years ago the Brothers Grimm shared a story about four animals who decided to leave their exhausted lives behind, become musicians and head to the German city of Bremen.Īs with all fairytales, there's a twist.
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