to mars. nasa sharing images of the orion on the way to san diego aboard the uss portland. memories of apollo. it looks like the capsule from the late 60s and 70s. it had a successful splash down there on sunday. data will be analyzed in preparation for phase two which is sending astronauts to orbit the moon. i want to bring in jonathan mcdowell for his expertise. he s an astrophysicist at the center for astro physics. i m all about space and i love all of this and i love covering it. let s go as far as we can. this is a very expensive way to do it. using a lot of old technology to do so. but it is going to the moon. we ve been there. 50 some odd years ago. is it all worth it as a stepping-stone on to mars as sts described in. i think it is important regain the ability to go back
this morning that s all right. elizabeth and i go way back. she knows. new this morning the wnba all-star brittney griner made her return to the basketball court on sunday during a light workout in texas. just days after coming back to the u.s. after nearly ten months of imprisonment in a penal colony in russia and she didn t have a bad start. no, her first move a dunk. her agent says despite the workout griner is unsure whether she will play again for the wnba for the phoenix mercury. kylie atwood joining us from the state department with more. so she is still, kylie, at brook army medical center there in san antonio. do we have any more information on how she s doing in terms of her recovery and also on the administration s efforts when it comes to paul whelan? i think the best indication is the fact that she was able to dunk a basketball over the weekend, right? i mean, it demonstrates that she has energy, she is driven to get back to the basketball court. as you guys said