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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. | NASA accepts delivery of European powerhouse for moonship

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  — NASA has accepted delivery of a key European part needed to power the world’s next-generation moonship.

U.S. and European leaders gathered at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Friday to mark the occasion.

The newly arrived powerhouse, or service module, will propel NASA’s Orion capsule to the moon during a test flight without passengers planned for 2020. A mega rocket…