{"id":314656,"date":"2026-02-02T18:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-returning-to-the-moon-will-help-us-travel-to-mars\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:00:57","slug":"how-returning-to-the-moon-will-help-us-travel-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-returning-to-the-moon-will-help-us-travel-to-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"How returning to the moon will help us travel to Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/zfsjtCFwZPc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How returning to the moon will help us travel to Mars\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zfsjtCFwZPc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Four astronauts will soon be sent around the moon aboard Nasa\u2019s most powerful rocket \u2013 the first trip back in more than 50 years.<br \/>\nSubscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>Jared Isaacman, the billionaire private astronaut sworn in as the head of Nasa in December, said the plan was \u201cprobably one of the most important human spaceflight missions in the last half-century\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the second time in space for three Nasa astronauts, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and the first for Jeremy Hansen, a Canadian astronaut. 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