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Detailed explanation-1: -New Delhi: US space agency NASA’s Orion spacecraft has successfully passed a bunch of key safety tests as it prepares to take astronauts to deep space destinations like the Mars and Moon.

Detailed explanation-2: -Exploration of the Solar System NASA continued the mission of the Juno spacecraft at Jupiter by conducting a flyby of Europa on 29 September 2022. In Mars exploration, the European Space Agency (ESA) had partnered with Roscosmos to launch the Rosalind Franklin rover using the Kazachok lander as part of ExoMars 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -2022 Artemis Mission Debuts America’s Powerful New Launch Capability. Advertiser content: This content was commissioned and paid for by Boeing. In the coming months, NASA will launch the first Artemis mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Detailed explanation-4: -About Orion NASA’s Orion spacecraft is built to take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before. Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Orion capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2022.