How to Use service module in a Sentence

service module

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Definition of service modulenext
  • That could have caused the service module to bump into the crew module.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • The cause is the same as the last couple of delays: a leak of helium from the craft’s service module.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 22 May 2024
  • One of two oxygen tanks had burst in the spacecraft's service module.
    — Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2020
  • The Orion crew capsule and service modules will be on board.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 July 2019
  • Next up, the spacecraft will be mated with its service module.
    — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Dec. 2019
  • The samples will be transferred to a reentry module aboard the service module, which will then prepare for the trip back to Earth.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Then, there were full-scale models of the command module and of the combined command and service modules.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 25 May 2018
  • The source of the problems lie in the Starliner's service module, a section of the craft which will detach upon its return to earth.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
  • The leak is localized in the working compartment of the service module.
    — Marcia Dunn, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • An explosion in one of the service module’s oxygen tanks caused damage to the spacecraft.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Hu said testing of the crew capsule and service module should both be complete with the two parts joined together and ready to go by late June.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The service module will place Orion in a distant retrograde orbit around the moon on day 10.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • This time the culprit was not software but several stuck valves in the capsule’s service module.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The vehicle has eight auxiliary thrusters on the service module as backup in case the main engine fails.
    — Chabeli Herrera, orlandosentinel.com, 21 July 2019
  • This completes a big test of the spacecraft and its propulsive service module, which was built by the European Space Agency.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The spacecraft and service module were built by Thales Alenia Space, and the telescope, a key component, by Airbus.
    — H. J. McCracken, Ars Technica, 21 July 2022
  • This was followed in short order by the release of the rocket’s service module fairing and the launch abort safety system.
    — Christopher Cokinos, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Indeed, the engine powering Orion’s service module has less than one-third of the thrust of the Apollo propulsion system that flew Aldrin to the Moon in 1969.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 9 July 2019
  • The service module is jettisoned prior to re-entry and burns up in the atmosphere.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 21 June 2024
  • Of the five service module thrusters that failed during flight, all but one have been recovered, officials said.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 18 June 2024
  • Orion’s service module, built in Europe, provides the spacecraft with water, air and thermal control—and will guide it around the moon and back.
    — Danny Dougherty, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Two Days into your lunar mission the oxygen tank in the service module explodes!
    — Sonia Ramirez, Chron, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The lunar module, the spacecraft Aldrin and Armstrong used to get from the main command and service module in lunar orbit to the moon's surface, is seen in the top left of the photograph.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 19 July 2019
  • The first mission will be unmanned, however the Orion crew capsule and service modules will be on board.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
  • On Friday, the thrusters on the service module will fire again to put Orion into the distant retrograde orbit.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The service module and the lunar lander were jettisoned, and the astronauts made a safe splashdown in the Pacific.
    — New York Times, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The spacecraft is outfitted with a total of 28 such thrusters on the service module, which is used to provide power and much of the vehicle’s propulsion.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • Teams were also able to find a likely source of the helium leaks by looking at a Starliner service module that had been set aside from 2021.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024
  • Once the deorbit burn is complete, Starliner will jettison the service module to burn up in the atmosphere, and its crew module will use a different set of thrusters to guide its reentry.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024

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