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A service module (or equipment module) is a spacecraft compartment containing a variety of support systems used for spacecraft operations. Usually located in the uninhabited area of the spacecraft, the service module is jettisoned upon the completion of the mission, and usually burns up during atmospheric reentry. The service module is the equivalent to the spacecraft bus assembly on unmanned spacecraft.
Usage examples of "service module".
In less than half the time allotted for hygiene and grooming, Ellin had her wealth of silver hair braided and piled on top of her head and had moved from the sonic cleansers to the service module where she unracked new disposables: tunic, trousers, slippers.
For example, it was conceivable they might have to use the S-NB engine to direct a reentry, if the problems turned out to be with the Service Module after all.
With the Earthlight, and the subdued floods of the compartment, the Service Module was pretty bright, and the pumps and ventilation fans kept up a continual rattle.
What we need is a Service Module like Apollo's, or an OTV, but we don't have either of those.
Everything aft of the C-l ring of the Service Module is open to space.
Cooperate, and I'll see you put off in the same service module that brought me here.
She was on her way back to the service module to retrieve her suit when she came upon the remnants of the laboratory's water lock.
There was a flash of light, pure white, that shone through the Service Module’.
The neurotronic pearls that housed the AS were sealed units buried deep in a service module, but they still had to be connected to the spaceplane systems.
She could see them in the functioning docking area of ISS near the old Service Module.
The Service Module had been enhanced with an astrophysics instrument pallet.
Lopez reached forward to pull out the service module in front of the seat, and waved his hand at the array of choices.
Apollo Thirteen left a month or two early, but something still exploded in the service module, so I guess it wasn’.
Apollo Thirteen left a month or two early, but something still exploded in the service module, so I guess it wasn't a meteor.
Apollo Thirteen left a month or two early, but something still exploded in the service module, so I guess it wasnt a meteor.