How to Use service module in a Sentence

service module

noun
  • That could have caused the service module to bump into the crew module.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • One of two oxygen tanks had burst in the spacecraft's service module.
    — Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2020
  • It is linked to four pressurized tanks in the service module.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Next up, the spacecraft will be mated with its service module.
    — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Dec. 2019
  • The service module will burn up in the atmosphere.
    — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The service module will burn up in the atmosphere.
    — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • By design, the service module will not survive the trip back to Earth.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 28 June 2024
  • This time the culprit was not software but several stuck valves in the capsule’s service module.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • An explosion in one of the service module’s oxygen tanks caused damage to the spacecraft.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Of the five service module thrusters that failed during flight, all but one have been recovered, officials said.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 18 June 2024
  • 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
  • The leak is localized in the working compartment of the service module.
    — Marcia Dunn, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The crew module and service module will be put together next summer and would be on plan to support launch soon after.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The service module is jettisoned prior to re-entry and burns up in the atmosphere.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 21 June 2024
  • The service module, which propelled the crew through their journey to the moon and back again, will separate from the crew module where the crew sits.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • One is mounted on each of four solar array wings that extend out from Orion’s service module.
    — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Two Days into your lunar mission the oxygen tank in the service module explodes!
    — Sonia Ramirez, Chron, 2 Apr. 2021
  • As Orion drifts away, the service module can be seen reflected in the capsule's mirror-like heat shield.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 18 May 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • While there were no major concerns for this mission, Kshatriya said the service module will need to be fixed for future flights.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The crew module will separate from the service module, whose engines have steered them around the Moon and back to Earth.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Shutting down the service module was tricky, with numerous switches to be flipped in precisely the right sequence.
    — Meg Jones, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2020
  • The first mission will be unmanned, however the Orion crew capsule and service modules will be on board.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Some early reports indicated that the fire started in the service module and then spread to the command module.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The service module will place Orion in a distant retrograde orbit around the moon on day 10.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022
  • That will happen after the crew module separates from the service module, which has been its primary source of propulsion this past week.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, Starliner's thrusters would have fired such that the service module and crew capsule could have collided.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2020
  • 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

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