NASA will give an update today on its progress toward sending a crew to the moon.Four astronauts will fly aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, circle Earth and navigate around the moon, and confirm that the spacecraft’s systems operate in the Artemis II launch,

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Dr. Nicola Fox explains an intriguing rock that the Perseverance rover inspected named "Cheyava Falls." Credit: NASA

NASA launched the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in August 2005 and the following year, on March 10, it entered the orbit of the red planet where it continues to operate today. Data returned to Earth by the MRO has revealed Mars in unprecedented detail and over the years has helped scientists to find out more about