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  "path": "/2026/02/09/the-european-hardware-powering-artemis-2s-journey-around-the-moon/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T13:30:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://spaceexplored.com",
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  "textContent": "When people picture Artemis 2, the first human flight to the Moon in more than 50 years, they usually visualize Orion’s cone-shaped crew capsule riding atop NASA’s Space Launch System, the American heavy-lift rocket that gets it off the pad in Florida. But once Orion is in space, the mission quickly becomes a story of international systems engineering, with one of the most critical pieces being European-built.\n\nmore…",
  "title": "The European hardware powering Artemis 2’s journey around the Moon"
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